vicar of christ

Questions about vicar of christ

What does vicar of christ mean?

vicar of christ means "the head of the Roman Catholic Church".

What is another word for vicar of christ?

Close synonyms include pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy Father. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vicar of christ a common word?

vicar of christ 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.