vicar of christ
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The Pope.
noun
The Holy Ghost.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Vicar of Christ, a title variously granted to the Holy Ghost and to the bishop of Rome.
Example Sentences
- ""We should never have had the law of 1571, against bulls, and Agnus Deis, and blessed grains, if the Pope's bull of 1569 had not made them matter of treason." "What, sir?" almost roared Parsons, "do you dare to speak evil of the edicts of the Vicar of Christ?""
- "[I]n the spacious ceremonial library of the 16th century Apostolic Palace, the czar of world atheism, Mikhail Gorbachev, will visit the Vicar of Christ, Pope John Paul II."
- "Not since 1522, when a Dutch theologian was elected Pope Adrian VI, had a non-Italian attained the role of Vicar of Christ."
- "Grant, then, . . . that the Holy Ghost had no such respect to any one (church) as to lead it into truth, although sent with this view by Christ, and for this asked of the Father that He might be the teacher of truth; grant, also, that He, the Steward of God, the Vicar of Christ, neglected His office . . ."
- "Bishops, as vicars and ambassadors of Christ, govern the particular churches entrusted to them by their counsel, exhortations, example, and even by their authority and sacred power..."
Etymology
Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin vicārius Christī.
Origin
- Source language: Latin