Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a vicar.
- adjective Acting as or having the position of a vicar.
- adjective Serving in the place of someone or something else.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Vicarious; delegated; substituted.
- Pertaining to a vicar.
- Holding the office of, or acting as, a vicar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a vicar.
- adjective Delegated; vicarious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
vicar - adjective Delegated;
vicarious
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of a vicar
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Examples
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While bishops do enjoy an autonomous and not merely vicarial authority coming directly from the Apostles, it can only be excercised together with the primatial papal authority from St. Peter.
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‘There is unfortunately a stain, which is vicarial,’ began Mr Crawley, sustaining up to that point his voice with Roman fortitude — with a fortitude which would have been Roman had it not at that moment broken down under the pressure of human feeling.
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But our Government is altogether conducted on the footing of vicarial responsibility.
Framley Parsonage 2004
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It has occurred to me when, weary and vexed, I have myself gone to bed like a heathen, that another had asked forgiveness for my day, and safety for my night I don't suppose such vicarial piety will avail much, but the petitions come out of a sincere breast from innocent lips.
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Crosse, known as the ‘blind vicar,’ had been inattentive to the vicarial claims.
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This region of central North America was now a vicarial preserve.
Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998
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Maybe she, being smart as kithfolk usually were, could get a well-paid position in a guild or in the vicarial bureaucracy.
Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998
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The note had been taken up to the vicarage by the footman, and had been brought into the dining-room by the vicarial parlour-maid, just as the three ladies were finishing breakfast, and after the vicar himself had left the room.
Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron
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Bishop Verot was translated to the See of Savannah, retaining meanwhile vicarial powers over Florida.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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See (Pope Gelasius, I, Ep. vi), but the title Vicar of Christ is more expressive of his supreme headship of the Church on earth, which he bears in virtue of the commission of Christ and with vicarial power derived from Him.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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