Vicar of Bray (redirected from Bray, Vicar of)

Vicar of Bray [breɪ]

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1. (Biographies / Vicar of Bray M, English, RELIGION: clergyman) 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

2. (Music, other) 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

3. a person who changes his or her views or allegiances in accordance with what is suitable at the time

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Vicar of Bray [breɪ]

n

1. a person who changes his or her views or allegiances in accordance with what is suitable at the time

2. (Music, other) Also called In Good King Charles's Golden Days a ballad in which a vicar of the Stuart period changes faith to keep his living

[from a vicar (Simon Aleyn) of 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]