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Meaning of vicar choral | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Synonym of lay clerk in certain choirs.
    UK
  2. An assistant to a canon or prebendary of a collegiate church having special responsibility for the choir as opposed to the altar.
    UK, historical

Examples

“He managed the property of the dean and chapter, and knew what were the rights, and also what were the wrongs, of prebendaries and minor canons,—of vicars choral, and even of choristers.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

vicar forane vicar general vicar of Bray Vicar of Christ Vicar of Jesus Christ vicar-choral

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