vicariate

[ vahy-kair-ee-it, -eyt, vi- ]

noun
  1. the office or authority of a vicar.

  2. the district presided over by a vicar.

Origin of vicariate

1
1600–10; <Medieval Latin vicāriātus, equivalent to Latin vicāri(us) vicar + -ātus-ate3

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. Sheehan
  • An educated nation recoils from the imperfect vicariate of what is called a representative government.

    Coningsby | Benjamin Disraeli
  • The further pretensions of the Popes to the vicariate of the Empire during interregna the Germans never admitted.

    The Holy Roman Empire | James Bryce
  • The vicariate is divided into twenty-two districts, each under the care of a priest, and the Christian population numbers 35,000.

  • Resident religious were established in Dinglao,143 which is an excellent vicariate.

British Dictionary definitions for vicariate

vicariate

/ (vɪˈkɛərɪɪt, vaɪ-) /


noun
  1. Also called: vicarship (ˈvɪkəʃɪp) the office, rank, or authority of a vicar

  2. the district that a vicar holds as his pastoral charge

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