Vicarious /(vī̇*kā"ĭ*ŭs)/

Vi·ca·ri·ous

Vicarious

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
  2. Acting or suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.
    The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty.
  3. Performed ,experienced, or suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment; vicarious pleasure.
    The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer.
  4. Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation. (Med.)