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单词 vicar of bray
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Vicar of Bray

/ (breɪ) /

noun

a vicar (Simon Aleyn) appointed to the parish of Bray in Berkshire during Henry VIII's reign who changed his faith to Catholic when Mary I was on the throne and back to Protestant when Elizabeth I succeeded and so retained his living
Also called: In Good King Charles's Golden Days a ballad in which the vicar's changes of faith are transposed to the Stuart period
a person who changes his or her views or allegiances in accordance with what is suitable at the time

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vicarious, vicarious hypertrophy, vicariously, vicarious menstruation, vicarly, Vicar of Bray, Vicar of Christ, vice, vice-admiral, vice-chairman, vice-chancellor
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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