noun
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the residence or benefice of a vicar
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a rare word for vicariate
Etymology
Origin of vicarage
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at vicar, -age
Example Sentences
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Little Miss Marple: Muddle at the Vicarage will see the super-sleuth get involved when Reverend Muddle suspects there's been a theft at the vicarage.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
In 2021, Tom Tsappis and Matilda Ruffle, both in their 30s, opened the five-room Killiecrankie House in a 19th-century former vicarage in Perthshire.
From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2023
Her village is the one we dream of, where everyone knows everyone else, meets for tea at the vicarage or down at the pub: a place where one belongs.
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2022
Armed with two loudspeakers, Allerton left his vicarage at St. Peter’s church and got on his bicycle to deliver his Easter Sunday sermon - onto the backstreets.
From Washington Times • Apr. 12, 2020
The vicarage had a knocker and a bell and I'd tried both, but still nobody answered.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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