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Webster 1913 Edition
Vicariate
Vi-ca′ri-ate
,Adj.
Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious.
Barrow.
Vi-ca′ri-ate
,Noun.
[LL.
vicariatus
, or F. vicariat
.] Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.
The
vicariate
of that part of Germany which is governed by the Saxon laws devolved on the elector of Saxony. Robertson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vicariate
VICA'RIATE
,Adj.
VICA'RIATE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
vicariate
vicariate
English
Noun
vicariate (plural vicariates)
- The office or authority of a vicar.
Adjective
vicariate (comparative more vicariate, superlative most vicariate)
- Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious.
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