Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vicariate

/vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: vi-cari-ate
IPA: /vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The office, authority, or district of a vicar.

noun

The office, authority, or district held by a person as deputy for a bishop, or similar ecclesiastical authority.

noun

The office, authority, or district managed by someone appointed as deputy to a secular political leader.

adj

delegated; relating to a representative; vicarious.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"His next was to claim, in virtue of this vicariate, the mediatorial “power in heaven and in earth”"
"Upon ye late remove of our patriarch's vicar there hath fallen vacant a benefice annexed to ye vicariat."
"Vigilius gave his Vicariate to this Arch-Bishop in the Provinces."
"St. Charles established a vicariat, that things might be done with deliberation and counsel, which many other bishops imitated."
"If he should chance to fayle, the vicariate of Upper Germany must neades fall upon the Palatin."
"He has accepted and taken upon him‥his part of the Vicariate of the Empire during the present Vacancy."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

vicariates (plural) more vicariate (comparative) most vicariate (superlative)

Phrases

apostolic vicariate vicariate forane

Synonyms

vicarship

Questions

How do you pronounce vicariate?: The recorded pronunciation is /vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət/.
What does vicariate mean?: The office, authority, or district of a vicar.

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