- (especially British English)
an Anglican priest who is in charge of a church and the district around it (called a parish) （圣公会的）代牧，教区牧师 - (North American English)
a priest in the US Episcopal Church （美国圣公会的）牧师 compare curate1, minister, priest, rector
Word OriginMiddle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French vicaire, from Latin vicarius ‘substitute’, from vic- ‘change, turn, place’.