"vicariate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət/ Forms: more vicariate [comparative], most vicariate [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} vicariate (comparative more vicariate, superlative most vicariate)
  1. (archaic, rare) delegated; relating to a representative; vicarious. Tags: archaic, rare
    Sense id: en-vicariate-en-adj-EaQKtw56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 4 26 25

Noun

IPA: /vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət/ Forms: vicariates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vicariate (plural vicariates)
  1. (Christianity) The office, authority, or district of a vicar. Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (the office or authority of a vicar): vicaria [feminine] (Catalan), vicariat [masculine] (Catalan), vicairie [feminine] (French), vicariat [masculine] (French), vigairía [feminine] (Galician), vicariato [masculine] (Galician), vicariato [masculine] (Italian), vicāriātus [masculine] (Latin), vicariato [masculine] (Portuguese), vicaría [feminine] (Spanish), vicariato [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-vicariate-en-noun-XnppjUme Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'the office or authority of a vicar': 44 29 27
  2. The office, authority, or district held by a person as deputy for a bishop, or similar ecclesiastical authority.
    Sense id: en-vicariate-en-noun-KLP9FOOh
  3. The office, authority, or district managed by someone appointed as deputy to a secular political leader.
    Sense id: en-vicariate-en-noun-A4XYAl8S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: apostolic vicariate, vicariate forane

Inflected forms

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