vicariate
Americannoun
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the office or authority of a vicar.
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the district presided over by a vicar.
noun
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Also called: vicarship. the office, rank, or authority of a vicar
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the district that a vicar holds as his pastoral charge
Etymology
Origin of vicariate
1600–10; < Medieval Latin vicāriātus, equivalent to Latin vicāri ( us ) vicar + -ātus -ate 3
Example Sentences
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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 vicariate also has two maternity clinics, a 400-bed hospital for lepers, a sawmill, machine shops and a cathedral at Wewak�New Guinea's first since the war �built in concrete and hardwoods.
From Time Magazine Archive
The vicegerent of the vicariate of Rome splashed the stone with holy water.
From Time Magazine Archive
The very extent and limits of the vicariate were, as yet, unknown; and MM.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various
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