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		Definition of vicariate in English: vicariatenoun vɪˈkɛːrɪətvʌɪˈkɛːrɪət 1The office or authority of a vicar.  Example sentencesExamples -  As churchman, he upheld ecclesiastical discipline in Italy and Dalmatia, maintained authority in the vicariate of Illyricum, restructured the dioceses of his dwindling patriarchate, and laboured to convert Jews and pagan rustics.
 -  It is difficult to know how well the urban vicariate of Baltimore reflects the behavior and attitudes of parishioners outside the study population.
 -  The British vicariate could be an important stage in a fully professional career, and the men in the post of whom we know were not mediocrities.
 
 - 1.1 A church or parish ministered to by a vicar.
 Example sentencesExamples -  Last January our relatively new archbishop began a series of meetings in each vicariate with the priests, deacons, religious, and parishioners.
 -  He urged Church reform on the Merovingians, reviving the vicariate of Arles at their request.
 -  The diocese now has five vicariates (Ooty, Coonoor, Gudalur, Sathy and Thalavady).
 
  
 
 Rhymes   commissariat, lumpenproletariat, proletariat, salariat, secretariat    Definition of vicariate in US English: vicariatenoun 1The office or authority of a vicar.  Example sentencesExamples -  The British vicariate could be an important stage in a fully professional career, and the men in the post of whom we know were not mediocrities.
 -  It is difficult to know how well the urban vicariate of Baltimore reflects the behavior and attitudes of parishioners outside the study population.
 -  As churchman, he upheld ecclesiastical discipline in Italy and Dalmatia, maintained authority in the vicariate of Illyricum, restructured the dioceses of his dwindling patriarchate, and laboured to convert Jews and pagan rustics.
 
 - 1.1 A church or parish ministered to by a vicar.
 Example sentencesExamples -  He urged Church reform on the Merovingians, reviving the vicariate of Arles at their request.
 -  The diocese now has five vicariates (Ooty, Coonoor, Gudalur, Sathy and Thalavady).
 -  Last January our relatively new archbishop began a series of meetings in each vicariate with the priests, deacons, religious, and parishioners.
 
  
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