Question: Edward Elwes, was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford, and was ordained in what year, and was Curate of Ashington, Somerset and then Norton St Philip, after a further curacy at Dinder he became Vicar of Over Stowey, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand")?
Sentence (from "Vicar"): In addition, in the Holy Roman Empire a local representative of the emperor, perhaps an archduke, might be styled "vicar".
Relevant evidence: No