vicarial

[ vahy-kair-ee-uhl, vi- ]

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adjective

of or relating to a vicar.
acting as or holding the office of a vicar.

delegated or vicarious: vicarial powers.

Origin of vicarial

1610–20; <Latin vicāri(us) vicar + -al¹

Words Nearby vicarial

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How to use vicarial in a sentence

The Norman abbey of Lyra held the great tithes; the vicarial amounted to just one half of them, £6.
Notes and Queries for Worcestershire | John Noake
Rectorial glebe is not liable to pay vicarial tithe to the vicar, nor is vicarial glebe liable to rectorial tithe to the rector.
The Legal Position of the Clergy | P. V. Smith
But our government is altogether conducted on the footing of vicarial responsibility.
Framley Parsonage | Anthony Trollope
Similar vicarial or legatine powers had been conferred in 418 by Zosimus upon Patroclus, bishop of Arles.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 4 | Various
For this reason his vicarial representative can plead scores of excuses for presenting himself at “The Court.”
Gwen Wynn | Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for vicarial

vicarial

/ (vɪˈkɛərɪəl, vaɪ-) /

adjective

of or relating to a vicar, vicars, or a vicariate
holding the office of a vicar

vicarious: used esp of certain ecclesiastical powers

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