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vicariate

/vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət/

noun vicariates

The office, authority, or district of a vicar. His next was to claim, in virtue of this vicariate, the mediatorial “power in heaven and in earth”
The office, authority, or district held by a person as deputy for a bishop, or similar ecclesiastical authority. Upon ye late remove of our patriarch's vicar there hath fallen vacant a benefice annexed to ye vicariat.
The office, authority, or district managed by someone appointed as deputy to a secular political leader. If he should chance to fayle, the vicariate of Upper Germany must neades fall upon the Palatin.

adjective more vicariate · most vicariate

archaic, rare delegated; relating to a representative; vicarious. To the Bishops of Arles had the Holy See deputed a vicariate power there.

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noun the office or authority of a vicar

Español	vicaría, vicariato
Português	vicariato
Français	vicairie, vicariat
Italiano	vicariato

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@misc{vicariate_2026,
  title = {vicariate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vicariate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}