2. Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.

The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and vicarious . .

. in the hands of the Almighty.

Sir M. Hale.

3. Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a

vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment.

The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer.

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