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Noun: Vicar of Christ
  1. The head of the Roman Catholic Church
    "The Vicar of Christ addressed the faithful in St. Peter's Square";
    - pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy Father, Bishop of Rome

Type of: Catholic, spiritual leader

Part of: papacy, pontificate

Encyclopedia: Vicar of Christ