"Vicarious" is a word in ENGLISH
Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action
which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage
replacing menstruation.
Performed of suffered in the place of another;
substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment.
Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious
agent or officer.
Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy;
deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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A pious man who had reached the age of 105 suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Alarmed by the old fellow's absence after so many years of faithful attendance the Rabbi went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Rabbi asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you at services anymore?"The old man looked around and lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Rabbi," he whispered. "When I got to be 90, I expected God to take me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about me, and I don't want to remind Him!"
As used in legal phrases, thls word means attributed vicariously; that is, an act, fact, or quality ls said to …
Read the complete definition1. A deputy; substi* tute; an officer who supplies the place of another; one acting by vicarious authority. Etymologically, one …
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