01 a. Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
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Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
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Acting or suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.“The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty.” — Sir M. Hale.
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Performed ,experienced, or suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment; vicarious pleasure.“The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer.” — I. Taylor.
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Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.(Med.)