vicarage

[ vik-er-ij ]

noun

1. the residence of a vicar.
2. the benefice of a vicar.
3. the office or duties of a vicar.

vicarage

/ ˈvɪkərɪdʒ /

noun

1. the residence or benefice of a vicar
2. See vicariate
   a rare word for vicariate

Word History and Origins

Origin of vicarage¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; vicar, -age

Example Sentences

There were yet two mortal hours to get through, and the men of the party sought the cool shades of the vicarage garden.

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The council gathered in the vicarage room felt itself strengthened.

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To be sitting there in an English vicarage plotting violence against a woman disturbed him.

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Again the poet appears to have forwarded the following letter to the Stowmarket Vicarage.

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He reached the vicarage on a Sunday, when all, except Martha the old servant, were at church.

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