No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off.
Nature, the vicar of the Almighty Lord.
I don't think," he said, "that a vicar is supposed to beat a bishop to death, or even back to death." Mr. Berkeley looked down upon the remains of Bishop Bernard. "If anyone asks, we'll say he fell over," he said. "Lots of times.
Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
... vicars of vacillation ...