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vicariate
/vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət/
noun 3adj 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
mediatorial
VERB + VICARIATE
deputed, gave, see
VICARIATE + NOUN
arch-bishop
Definitions
noun
1
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”
2
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.
Vigilius gave his Vicariate to this Arch-Bishop in the Provinces.
3
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.
He has accepted and taken upon him‥his part of the Vicariate of the Empire during the present Vacancy.
adj
1
delegated; relating to a representative; vicarious.
To the Bishops of Arles had the Holy See deputed a vicariate power there.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the religious institution under the authority of a vicar
- vicarship
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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His next was to claim, in virtue of this vicariate, the mediatorial “power in heaven and in earth”
Wiktionary02
Upon ye late remove of our patriarch's vicar there hath fallen vacant a benefice annexed to ye vicariat.
Wiktionary03
Vigilius gave his Vicariate to this Arch-Bishop in the Provinces.
Wiktionary04
To the Bishops of Arles had the Holy See deputed a vicariate power there.
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