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vicariate

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vi⋅car⋅i⋅ate

  [vahy-kair-ee-it, -eyt, vi-]
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–noun
1. the office or authority of a vicar.
2. the district presided over by a vicar.
Also, vicarate.

Origin:
1600–10; < ML vicāriātus, equiv. to L vicāri(us) vicar + -ātus -ate 3
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vi·car·i·ate   (vī-kâr'ē-ĭt, -āt', -kār'-, vĭ-)   
n.  

  1. The office or authority of a vicar.

  2. The district under a vicar's jurisdiction.


[Medieval Latin vicāriātus, from Latin vicārius, a substitute; see vicar.]
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