Sekirov Dictionary

vicariate

/vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət/

noun 3
adjective 1
forms 3

noun3

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The office, authority, or district of a vicar.
- His next was to claim, in virtue of this vicariate, the mediatorial “power in heaven and in earth” — 1678
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The office, authority, or district held by a person as deputy for a bishop, or similar ecclesiastical authority.
- Upon ye late remove of our patriarch's vicar there hath fallen vacant a benefice annexed to ye vicariat. — 1611
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The office, authority, or district managed by someone appointed as deputy to a secular political leader.
- If he should chance to fayle, the vicariate of Upper Germany must neades fall upon the Palatin. — 1619

adjective1

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(no longer used, rare) delegated; relating to a representative; vicarious.
- To the Bishops of Arles had the Holy See deputed a vicariate power there. — 1849

forms

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