Found 2 items, similar to Vicariate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vicariate
vicariate
n : the religious institution under the authority of a vicar
[syn:
vicarship]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vicariate
Vicariate
\Vi*ca"ri*ate\, a.
Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious. --Barrow.
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Vicariate
\Vi*ca"ri*ate\, n. [LL. vicariatus, or F. vicariat.]
Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight
of a vicar.
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The vicariate of that part of Germany which is governed
by the Saxon laws devolved on the elector of Saxony.
--Robertson.
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