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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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
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 Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
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
Another instance of a clergyman going to law with his parishioners was that of the Rev. John Benison, vicar of Burton, who was dissatisfied with the payments of the vicarial revenues.
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel
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 Reid, Mayne
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