vicariate
the office or authority of a vicar.
the district presided over by a vicar.
Origin of vicariate
1- Also vicarate.
Words Nearby vicariate
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How to use vicariate in a sentence
Nothing but the vicariate of the whole of the Dark Continent for this young man.
My New Curate | P.A. SheehanAn educated nation recoils from the imperfect vicariate of what is called a representative government.
Coningsby | Benjamin DisraeliThe further pretensions of the Popes to the vicariate of the Empire during interregna the Germans never admitted.
The Holy Roman Empire | James BryceThe vicariate is divided into twenty-two districts, each under the care of a priest, and the Christian population numbers 35,000.
The Friars in the Philippines | Ambrose ColemanResident religious were established in Dinglao,143 which is an excellent vicariate.
British Dictionary definitions for vicariate
/ (vɪˈkɛərɪɪt, vaɪ-) /
Also called: vicarship (ˈvɪkəʃɪp) the office, rank, or authority of a vicar
the district that a vicar holds as his pastoral charge
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