vicarate
noun1
The territory for which a vicar is responsible.
- Near-synonym: parish
- The Diocese of Brooklyn is divided into five vicarates. We had five meetings. All the employers had representation there.1978, The Catholic Lawyer, volume 24, page 274:
- Related terms
- vicarage, vicarship, curatage, curateship, curacy, glebe, glebe-farm, glebe-house, parsonage, parsonship, rectorate, rectorship, rectory