page_title: Vicar (Anglicanism)
hierarchical_section_title: Vicar (Anglicanism)
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Anglican priest in choir habit — cassock, surplice, academic hood (University of Wales BD) and tippet — taken by Gareth Hughes on 21 October 2005.
context_page_description: Vicar is the title given to certain parish priests in the Church of England. It has played a significant role in Anglican Church organisation in ways that are different from other Christian denominations. The title is very old and arises from the medieval arrangement where priests were appointed either by a secular lord, by a bishop or by a religious foundation. Wherever there is a vicar he shares the benefice with a rector to whom the great tithes were paid. Vicar derives from the Latin "vicarius" meaning a substitute.
  Historically, Anglican parish priests were divided into rectors, vicars and perpetual curates. These were distinguished according to the way in which they were appointed and remunerated. The church was supported by tithes: taxes levied on the personal and agricultural output of the parish.
context_section_description: Vicar is the title given to certain parish priests in the Church of England. It has played a significant role in Anglican Church organisation in ways that are different from other Christian denominations. The title is very old and arises from the medieval arrangement where priests were appointed either by a secular lord, by a bishop or by a religious foundation. Wherever there is a vicar he shares the benefice with a rector (usually non-resident) to whom the great tithes were paid. Vicar derives from the Latin "vicarius" meaning a substitute.
  Historically, Anglican parish priests were divided into rectors, vicars and (rarely) perpetual curates. These were distinguished according to the way in which they were appointed and remunerated. The church was supported by tithes: taxes (traditionally of ten percent) levied on the personal and agricultural output of the parish.
caption: Anglican vicar wearing choir dress
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