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Definition of: vicar forane

(fô·rān, fō-)
In the Roman Catholic Church, a clergyman appointed by a bishop, having a limited jurisdiction over the inferior clergy in the parishes constituting the deanery; a rural dean. [<VICAR + Med. L foraneus outside the episcopal city, rural <L foras out of doors]

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