Definition for VI-CA'RI-OUS

VI-CA'RI-OUS, a. [L. vicarius.]

  1. Deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
  2. Acting for another; filling the place of another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.
  3. Substituted in the place of another; as, a vicarious sacrifice. The doctrine of vicarious punishment has occasioned much controversy.

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