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Vicariate
//vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət// adj, noun
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Adjective
- 1 delegated; relating to a representative; vicarious. archaic, rare
"To the Bishops of Arles had the Holy See deputed a vicariate power there."
Noun
- 1 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”"
- 2 the religious institution under the authority of a vicar wordnet
- 3 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."
- 4 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."
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