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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His lordship here alluded merely to the disposition of the vicarial tithes, and not at all to the care of souls which he was going to put into the young man's hands.
From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony
As it chanced, the captain of the guard was just then out of the way; and Rob had reason to think he would be pardoned for the little stretch of vicarial authority.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
For this reason his vicarial representative can plead scores of excuses for presenting himself at "The Court."
From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne
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 Brontë, Charlotte
He extended his vicarial authority into a virtual sovereignty of the Lombard towns, acknowledging only the German Emperor as his feudal lord.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
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