Category:Vicariate

Vi*ca"ri*ate, a.

Defn: having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious. Barrow.

Vicariate Vi*ca"ri*ate, n. Etym: [ll. vicariatus, or f. vicariat.]

Defn: 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.