Defn: Acting as a substitute; — said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.
VICARIOUSLY
Vi*ca"ri*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In a vicarious manner.
VICARSHIP
Vic"ar*ship, n.
Defn: The office or dignity of a vicar.
VICARY
Vic"ar*y, n. Etym: [L. vicarius.]
Defn: A vicar. [Obs.]
VICE
Vice, n. Etym: [F., from L. vitium.]
1. A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse. Withouten vice of syllable or letter. Chaucer. Mark the vice of the procedure. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance. I do confess the vices of my blood. Shak. Ungoverned appetite . . . a brutish vice. Milton. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honor is a private station. Addison.