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Webster 1913 Edition
Vicariate
Vi-ca′ri-ate
,Adj.
Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious.
Barrow.
Vi-ca′ri-ate
,Noun.
[LL.
vicariatus
, or F. vicariat
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vicariate
VICA'RIATE
,Adj.
VICA'RIATE
,Noun.