vi·car·i·ate /-iət/
Vi·ca·ri·ate a. Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious.
Vi·ca·ri·ate, n. Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.
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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vicariate
n : the religious institution under the authority of a vicar
[syn: vicarship]