Vi*ca"ri*ate (?), a.
Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious.
Barrow.
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Vi*ca"ri*ate, n. [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.
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