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  • When the Archbishop of Paris was obliged to fly in 1792 in order to save his life, he vested the Abbé Edgeworth with all his powers, making him his grand vicaire, and committed the great diocese to his care.

    Fr. Henry Essex Edgeworth de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • When the Archbishop of Paris was obliged to fly in 1792 in order to save his life, he vested the Abbé Edgeworth with all his powers, making him his grand vicaire, and committed the great diocese to his care.

    Archive 2007-10-14 de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • K —, a native of Ireland, who is vicaire or curate of the parish; and among the guests was Mons.

    Travels through France and Italy 2004

  • (Émile, IV, “Profession de foi du vicaire savoyard,” 1762).

    IDEA OF GOD, 1400-1800 JAMES COLLINS 1968

  • Seeing that Miss Spight had turned to address Monsieur Parole d'Honneur, who sat by her side, the good-natured Frenchman having accompanied us, to "assist at the fete" of his friend, "the good vicaire," as he said, the wicked little seraph created a diversion.

    She and I, Volume 1

  • Cheer oop; and all will be raite, as our good friend, ze vicaire, all-ways tells to us.

    She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.

  • And merrily he pulled out of his military notebook for my edification a celebret of the Bishopric of Moulins, in which I read that he was vicaire at Saint-Pierre de M----, a celebret to be kept as a relic, with its blood-stained edges.

    The Diary of a French Army Chaplain Felix, Klein 1915

  • Dom Mari Bernard, fondateur et premier vicaire gen. des Cisterciens de Senanque (Lerins, 1904);

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • When the Archbishop of Paris was obliged to fly in 1792 in order to save his life, he vested the Abbé Edgeworth with all his powers, making him his grand vicaire, and committed the great diocese to his care.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

  • Marguerite, the _vicaire_ of his parish and a friend of the Abbé

    The Aspirations of Jean Servien Anatole France 1884

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