Vī-cā’ri-oŭs, a.

a. [Lat. vicarius, from vicis, change, alternation, turn, the position, place, office of one person as assumed by another.]

1. Of, or pertaining to, a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, a vicarious power or authority.
2. Acting or suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.
3. Performed or suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment. “The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer.” I. Taylor.