Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The office or authority of a vicar.
- noun The district under a vicar's jurisdiction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having delegated power; pertaining to such authority and privilege as a vicar has.
- noun The office or authority of a vicar; office or power delegated by, or assumed in place of, another; vicarship; specifically, the jurisdiction of a vicar apostolic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious.
- noun Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The office or authority of a
vicar
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the religious institution under the authority of a vicar
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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In former times the auditor of the vicariate was a very busy person, being called on to formulate or to decide the various processes brought before the vicar; to-day the office is mostly an honorary one.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The Catholic natives of the vicariate are a source of great consolation to the missionaries, they recite the rosary daily, very many attend daily Mass, and most of them approach the sacraments weekly; they have a strong filial devotion to the Blessed Virgin and some, especially those of Baganda race, give proof of a very high degree of virtue and a wonderful delicacy of sentiment.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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The principal officials of the court of the vicariate are the above-mentioned vicegerens, the locum tenens civilia, the promotor fiscalis for cases of beatification and canonization, the promotor fiscalis for other ecclesiastical matters, chiefly monastic vows.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The principal tribes in the vicariate are the Batekes,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Named as an official missionary territory by Rome, Québec was erected as vicariate apostolic by a Propaganda decree approved by Pope Alexander VII on April 11, 1658.
New France and Old Québec: Some History and Architecture 2009
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An Apostolic vicariate was erected in 1783 to serve Catholic immigrants.
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An Apostolic vicariate was erected in 1783 to serve Catholic immigrants.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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They also offer a significant contribution to the ministry of health care; they help also in the vicariate -- where some of them work -- and as you heard, in missions.
Archive 2008-02-10 papabear 2008
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In the Archdiocese of Detroit, Ann Flaherty, a divorced woman who earned a master's degree in divinity from a Catholic seminary, was elected to the vicariate, an office that serves as a liaison between priests and their archbishop.
Archives de la Stan 2005
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In the Archdiocese of Detroit, Ann Flaherty, a divorced woman who earned a master's degree in divinity from a Catholic seminary, was elected to the vicariate, an office that serves as a liaison between priests and their archbishop.
Archives de la Stan 2005
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