vicarii

Plural of vicarius. vicarious (vi-kā'ri-us), a. [ The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer. I. Taylor . All trouble and all piety are vicarious . They send mi ionaries, at the cost of others, into foreign lands, to teach observances which they supersede at home. Landor , Imag. Conv., Lucian and Timotheus. 4. In physiol., substitutive: noting the performance by one organ of the functions normally belonging to another; compensatory.Vicarious menstruation, a discharge of blood from the nose, bowels, or other part of the body at the menstrual period, normal menstruation being absent. - Vicarious sacrifice, in theol., the sacrifice of Christ on behalf and in the place of the sinner, in such a way that God accepts his suffering in lieu of the punishment which otherwise must have been inflicted on guilty man. L. Abbott, Dict. Rel. Knowledge. See atonement, 3. vicariously (vi-kāʻri-us-li), adv. In a vicarious manner; in the place of another; by substitution or delegation. Burke.