A vicar is a priest in the Church of England who looks after one local church and the people living in that area. He or she leads Sunday services, marries people, buries people, baptises babies, visits the sick, and is generally the person the village turns to.

A vicar教區牧師 is a priest in the Church of England是英國國教會裡的一種神職人員 who looks after one local church and the people living in that area負責照顧一個地方教會，以及住在那個地區的人。He or she leads Sunday services他或她主持主日禮拜, marries people, buries people, baptises babies替人證婚、辦喪禮、替嬰兒受洗, visits the sick探望病人, and is generally the person the village turns to一般來說也是村子裡大家會求助的對象。

The word belongs to England, and to the Church of England in particular; Catholics say priest or father, and most other churches say pastor or minister. If you are writing about a church in Taiwan or America, vicar is usually the wrong word.

The word belongs to England這個字是英國特有的, and to the Church of England in particular特別是英國國教會; Catholics say priest or father天主教會說 priest 或 father, and most other churches say pastor or minister而大多數其他教會則說 pastor 或 minister。If you are writing about a church in Taiwan or America如果你寫的是台灣或美國的教會, vicar is usually the wrong word用 vicar 通常是用錯字了。

Since the 1990s women can be vicars too, so 'she is our vicar' is completely normal now. The vicar of a place is often named that way — 'the Vicar of Dibley', 'the vicar of St Mary's'.

Since the 1990s自1990年代起 women can be vicars too女性也可以擔任 vicar, so 'she is our vicar' is completely normal now所以現在說 'she is our vicar' 完全正常。The vicar of a place is often named that way一個地方的 vicar 常常會這樣被稱呼 — 'the Vicar of Dibley', 'the vicar of St Mary's'像「the Vicar of Dibley」、「the vicar of St Mary's」。

In old England there was a real difference between a vicar and a rector — it was about who got the church income — but almost nobody feels that difference today; ordinary people just say vicar for the local church leader.

In old England在古早的英格蘭, there was a real difference between a vicar and a rector vicar 和 rector 之間有真正的差別 — it was about who got the church income差別在於誰能拿到教會的收入 — but almost nobody feels that difference today但如今幾乎沒有人感覺得到那個差別; ordinary people just say vicar for the local church leader一般人就直接用 vicar 來稱呼地方教會的負責人。

In everyday speech the word also carries a gentle, slightly comic feeling in British culture: the vicar is the mild, tea-drinking, kind man in old TV shows. That is a stereotype, not the job.

In everyday speech在日常口語裡, the word also carries a gentle, slightly comic feeling in British culture這個字在英國文化裡也帶著一種溫和、有點搞笑的味道: the vicar is the mild, tea-drinking, kind man in old TV shows vicar 就是老電視劇裡那種溫和、愛喝茶、和藹的男人形象。That is a stereotype, not the job這只是一種刻板印象，不是真正的工作內容。