adjective
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of or relating to a vicar, vicars, or a vicariate
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holding the office of a vicar
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vicarious: used esp of certain ecclesiastical powers
Etymology
Origin of vicarial
Example Sentences
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For this reason his vicarial representative can plead scores of excuses for presenting himself at “The Court.”
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
His predecessor, the venerable John Crosse, known as the ‘blind vicar,’ had been inattentive to the vicarial claims.
From Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
For this reason his vicarial representative can plead scores of excuses for presenting himself at "The Court."
From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid
Think of the evil that man meant--how he tried to trip up the heels of Tuscany, establish a precarious vicarial existence for the Romagna, and plots now at Naples.
From Lady John Russell by
I don't suppose such vicarial piety will avail much, but the petitions come out of a sincere breast, from innocent lips.
From Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
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