vicar-general

1. 1.

   (Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop

   Broaderdeputy

   Roman Catholic

Questions about vicar-general

What does vicar-general mean?

vicar-general means "(Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop".

How many syllables are in vicar-general?

vicar-general has 5 syllables: vi-car--ge-ne-ral. The stress falls on "ge".

Is vicar-general a common word?

vicar-general is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.