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Travelers Inc. (sh) and vicar (iou)


Travelers Inc. (sh)




Insurance company, now part of Citigroup.

Founded in 1864 by the stonecutter James Batterson, the Travelers Insurance Co. was an innovative leader in its industry. It sold the first accident insurance in the U.S. in 1864, and in 1865 it began selling life insurance, becoming the first American company to offer more than one type of insurance. When Batterson died in 1901, Travelers was offering Health, liability, and Automotive insurance. In 1919 it became the first company to sell aviation insurance. In 1993, after suffering losses in Real Estate, it was acquired by the Primerica conglomerate, formed in 1987 from the non-packaging operations of the American Can Co., and the new company became known as the Travelers Group. In 1996 the Travelers Group bought the casualty and property insurance businesses of the Aetna Life and Casualty Co. In 1997 it bought Salomon Brothers Inc., which it merged with Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. and the Shearson brokerage business; the resulting firm, Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc., is one of the country's largest securities firms. In 1998 Travelers merged with Citicorp to form Citigroup.


vicar (iou)



vicar noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman vicare, vikere from Old & mod. French vicaire (now) assistant curate, deputy, from Latin vicarius substitute, deputy, from vic-: see VICE noun4 & preposition, -AR2.]
Christian Church. A person regarded as an earthly representative of God or Christ; spec. (a) the Pope; (b) St Peter. Also, Christ or the Holy Spirit regarded as representing God. ME.
Orig., a person ministering to a parish in place of the rector, or as the representative of a religious community to which the tithes had been passed. Later, in the Anglican Church, the incumbent of a parish of which the tithes were formerly passed to a chapter, religious house, or layman (cf. RECTOR 2); now also (in full team vicar), a priest who is a member of a team ministry. ME.
In an Episcopal Church, a member of the clergy deputizing for another (esp. a bishop) in the performance of ecclesiastical functions; spec. (Roman Catholic Church) a bishop's deputy. Also with specifying adjective, as papal vicar, vicar episcopal, etc. LME.
More fully vicar choral. A member of the clergy or choir appointed to sing certain parts of a cathedral service. LME.
gen. A person deputizing for another, esp. in administrative functions. Also (rare), a thing substituted for another. LME.
Phrases: lay vicar = sense 4 above. team vicar: see sense 2 above. vicar apostolic Roman Catholic Church a missionary; a titular bishop. vicar choral: see sense 4 above. Vicar of Bray [with allus. to a 16th-cent. vicar of Bray in Berkshire, popularly believed to have changed Religion several times] a person who readily changes his or her principles according to circumstances. Vicar of Christ the Pope.
vicarate noun = VICARIATE noun 3b L19.
vicarish adjective appropriate to or characteristic of a vicar M20.
vicarship noun the office or position of a vicar M16.