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[syn: vicariate, vicarship]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vicariate \Vi*ca"ri*ate\, a.
Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious. --Barrow.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vicariate \Vi*ca"ri*ate\, n. [LL. vicariatus, or F. vicariat.]
Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight
of a vicar.
[1913 Webster]
The vicariate of that part of Germany which is governed
by the Saxon laws devolved on the elector of Saxony.
--Robertson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vicariate
n 1: the religious institution under the authority of a vicar
[syn: vicariate, vicarship]