Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vicar_apostolic

1 sense of vicar apostolic

Sense 1
vicar apostolic -- (a titular Roman Catholic bishop in a non-Catholic area)
       => bishop -- (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)