vicar choral

noun

, Anglican Church.

, plural vicars choral.

1. a member of the clergy or a layperson in a cathedral who sings certain parts of the service.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vicar choral¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

His father, Captain Peter Garrick, who had married Arabella Clough, the daughter of a vicar choral of Lichfield cathedral, was on a recruiting expedition when his famous third son was born at Hereford on the 19th of February 1717.

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On the west side are several brasses and tablets, including one to John Saville, vicar choral of the cathedral, who died in 1803.

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Mrs. Hungerford is the daughter of the late Rev. Canon Hamilton, rector and vicar choral of St. Faughnan's cathedral in Ross Carberry, co.

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The Apostle's mass was sung the first thing in the morning, in earlier days by a Vicar Choral, and subsequently by a Petty Canon; and next came the two masses named after the Virgin and the Chapter, the Cardinals taking the latter.

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Does a priest's surplice differ from that worn by a lay vicar, or vicar choral?

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