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Vicarship

Vicarship \Vic"ar*ship\, n. The office or dignity of a vicar.

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vicarship

n. The office or dignity of a vicar.

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vicarship

n. the religious institution under the authority of a vicar [syn: vicariate]

Usage examples of "vicarship".

Balagon rose to Vicarship of that fine and honored Brotherhood although he was but twenty, for his piety was as unquestionable as his moral fibre, and there were none who could stand against him in combat.

The suzerainty of the Holy See over Italy, Naples, Aragon, Muscovy, England, and other European states, was by virtue of feudal relations, not by virtue of the spiritual authority of the Holy See or the vicarship of the Holy Father.

There he assumed, like an heir-apparent, the vicarship of the congregation, and it rather delighted his father that his son so promptly and complacently took direction of things, made his quasi pastoral rounds, led prayer-meetings, and exhorted Sunday-schools and missions.