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Definition of Grand vicar

Grand vicar
Grand paunch, a glutton or gourmand. [Obs.] --Holland. Grand pensionary. See under Pensionary. Grand piano (Mus.), a large piano, usually harp-shaped, in which the wires or strings are generally triplicated, increasing the power, and all the mechanism is introduced in the most effective manner, regardless of the size of the instrument. Grand relief (Sculp.), alto relievo. Grand Seignior. See under Seignior. Grand stand, the principal stand, or erection for spectators, at a, race course, etc. Grand vicar (Eccl.), a principal vicar; an ecclesiastical delegate in France. Grand vizier. See under Vizier. Syn: Magnificent; sublime; majestic; dignified; elevated; stately; august; pompous; lofty; eralted; noble. Usage: Grand, Magnificent, Sublime. Grand, in reference to objects of taste, is applied to that which expands the mind by a sense of vastness and majesty; magnificent is applied to anything which is imposing from its splendor; sublime describes that which is awful and elevating. A cataract is grand; a rich and varied landscape is magnificent; an overhanging precipice is sublime. ``Grandeur admits of degrees and modifications; but magnificence is that which has already reached the highest degree of superiority naturally belonging to the object in question.' --Crabb.

Meaning of Grand vicar from wikipedia

- patriarchal, or archiepiscopal) exarchate. An apostolic vicariate is led by a vicar apostolic, who is usually a titular bishop. While such a territory can be...
- A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the prin****l deputy of the bishop or archbishop of a diocese or an archdiocese for the exercise of administrative...
- 2018) was an English actress. She pla**** Alice Tinker in the BBC comedy The Vicar of Dibley and Honey Thacker in the film Notting Hill (1999). Beginning her...
- Cardinal vicar (Italian: Cardinale Vicario) is a title commonly given to the vicar general of the Diocese of Rome for the portion of the diocese within...
- An imperial vicar (German: Reichsvikar) was a prince charged with administering all or part of the Holy Roman Empire on behalf of the emperor. Later,...
- The Vicar of Wakefield, subtitled A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself, is a 1766 novel by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774). It was...
- conseiller-clerc to the parliament, then prior of Beaurain and canon and grand-vicar of Lisieux. He was also abbot of Valloires Abbey. He was made bishop...
- August 21, 2017. McVicar, Brian (May 22, 2022). "Black po****tion shrinks". The Grand Rapids Press. pp. A1–A2. "Gentrification in Grand Rapids neighborhood...
- Vienna, Abbot of the Benedictine Emmaus Monastery in Prague (1647), and Grand-Vicar to the Archbishop of Prague, Ernst Augustus z Harrach (1623–1667). In...
- appointment which proved to be the first step to fortune. He was successively grand vicar to the archbishop of Bourges, preacher to the king, and abbot of Montfort-Lacarre...