ETYM Latin, from pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. Related to Pabulum, Pasture, Food.
1. A guardian; a keeper; specifically a minister having the charge of a church and parish.
2. A spiritual overseer; especially; a clergyman serving a local church or parish.
3. Chiefly Southwest; herdsman.

ETYM Old Eng. vicar, viker, vicair, French vicaire, from Latin vicarius. Related to Vicarious.
1. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
2. (Church of England) A clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish.
3. (US Episcopal Church) A clergyman in charge of a chapel.