every british tv series features a vicar and i do not know what the fuck that is

It's like if you needed your husband to help with the children but he's not available so you ask his brother. But religious

kinda Iike a skimmed miIk version of priests, a Iegion of weak-chinned weak-tea-drinking demi-men, every one as drippy as a cIap-dappIed dick

You mean a 'vicah'?

Check out The Vicar of Dibley. Might not answer your question but it’s good fun!

Also, like, every Terry Pratchett book set in the real world.

That's TECHNICALLY a free advertisement here *tosses @marawilson.bsky.social a burlap sack of gold from the apple cart* 😉

Just think Ghu's concierge. );

Pretty sure it’s someone who lives vicariously

despite being assigned the w somerset maugham short story in high school, I still don’t know what a verger is

In the Church of England, a vicar is the priest of a parish.