vicariate

American  

[vahy-kair-ee-it, -eyt, vi-] / vaɪˈkɛər i ɪt, -ˌeɪt, vɪ- /

noun

1. the office or authority of a vicar.

2. the district presided over by a vicar.

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vicariate British  

/ vaɪ-, vɪˈkɛərɪɪt /

noun

1. Also called: vicarship.  the office, rank, or authority of a vicar

2. the district that a vicar holds as his pastoral charge

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Etymology

Origin of vicariate

1600–10; < Medieval Latin vicāriātus, equivalent to Latin vicāri ( us ) vicar + -ātus -ate ³

Example Sentences

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vicariate

An apostolic vicariate is established in certain regions where there are too few Catholics for a diocese.

From Reuters ● Jun. 3, 2010

In 1927, when the mission became a vicariate, he became its first bishop.

From Time Magazine Archive

The vicegerent of the vicariate of Rome splashed the stone with holy water.

From Time Magazine Archive

Priests in the vicariate clucked disapprovingly about Musante's strange behavior these past few months.

From Time Magazine Archive

Resident religious were established in Dinglao,143 which is an excellent vicariate.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander