vicarian

[Eng. vicar; -ian.] A vicar. vi-cär'-I-ate, *vi-cär-I-at, a. & 8. [Low Latin IMG:content-0493.png:[blocks in formation] *1. The office, position, or power of a vicar; a delegated office or power; vicarship. Hall: Revelation Revealed. "Rules the church by a vicariate of his spirit." - Вр. 2. The jurisdiction of a vicar-apostolic (q. v.). "The College of the Propaganda Fide has divided the hitherto existing Apostolic Vicariate of Natal into three jurisdictions." - London Daily Telegraph. vi-cär-I-ous, a. [Lat. vicarius .] [VICAR.] I. Ordinary Language :