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vicariate

/vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət/

vicariate noun: the office, authority, or district of a vicar.

Noun

vicariate (plural vicariates)

  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”a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
  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.1611, Sir D. Carleton, Letter in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. I.
    • Vigilius gave his Vicariate to this Arch-Bishop in the Provinces.1725, Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C.
  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.1619, F. Cottington, Letters in Eng. & Germ.
    • He has accepted and taken upon him‥his part of the Vicariate of the Empire during the present Vacancy.1711, London Gazette

Adjective

vicariate (comparative more vicariate, superlative most vicariate)

  1. (archaic, rare) delegated; relating to a representative; vicarious.
    • To the Bishops of Arles had the Holy See deputed a vicariate power there.1849, Daniel Rock, The Church of Our Fathers

vicariate meaning in Tamil

vicariate in Tamil

ஒருவருக்குப் பதிலாக அதிகாரம் பெற்ற

Forms of vicariate

Noun
pluralvicariates
Adjective
comparativemore vicariate
superlativemost vicariate

Words formed from vicariate

Questions about vicariate

What does vicariate mean?
Vicariate means the office, authority, or district of a vicar.
What is vicariate in Tamil?
Vicariate in Tamil is ஒருவருக்குப் பதிலாக அதிகாரம் பெற்ற. See Vicariate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vicariate?
Vicariate can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce vicariate?
Vicariate is pronounced /vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət/.
What is the plural of vicariate?
The plural of vicariate is vicariates.

Words near vicariate in the dictionary

  1. vicarianism
  2. vicarians
  3. vicariant
  4. vicariantly
  5. vicariants
  6. vicariate
  7. vicariate forane
  8. vicariated
  9. vicariates
  10. vicariates forane
  11. vicariation

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