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vicariates

vicariates is the plural of vicariate.

Meaning of vicariate

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.
  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.

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Questions about vicariates

What is vicariates the plural of?
Vicariates is the plural of vicariate.

Words near vicariates in the dictionary

  1. vicariantly
  2. vicariants
  3. vicariate
  4. vicariate forane
  5. vicariated
  6. vicariates
  7. vicariates forane
  8. vicariation
  9. vicariations
  10. vicaries
  11. vicariism

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