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; 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
"There was a darkroom in the vicarage and I saw one of the older boys printing a photograph and I just knew that was going to be my life, really," he explains.
From BBC
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
They moved into a large old vicarage in the grounds of an abandoned Teesside church four months ago.
From BBC
“I told him he should look for an old vicarage somewhere.”
From New York Times
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