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vicarate

vicarate noun: the territory for which a vicar is responsible.

Noun

vicarate (plural vicarates)

  1. The territory for which a vicar is responsible.
    • Near-synonym: parish
    • The Diocese of Brooklyn is divided into five vicarates. We had five meetings. All the employers had representation there.1978, The Catholic Lawyer, volume 24, page 274
    Synonyms:
    parish

Synonyms of vicarate

Forms of vicarate

pluralvicarates

Questions about vicarate

What does vicarate mean?
Vicarate means the territory for which a vicar is responsible.
What part of speech is vicarate?
Vicarate is a noun.
What is the plural of vicarate?
The plural of vicarate is vicarates.

Words near vicarate in the dictionary

  1. vicar-choral
  2. vicar-general
  3. vicara
  4. vicarage
  5. vicarages
  6. vicarate
  7. vicarates
  8. vicaress
  9. vicaresses
  10. Vicari
  11. vicariad

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