vicariate
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- noun
- /vɪˈkɛrɪət/
- Specialized
:
vicariato
- The bishop oversees several parishes within the vicariate in the southern region.
Examples
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Our friends in the United States can make tax-deductible contributions to support the vicariate through the Comboni Missionaries, the religious order of which I am a member.
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That same day, they offered me a job as a secretary in the Vicariate.
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Two days later, I decided to attempt to go to the Vicariate alone.
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When I left the Vicariate, four men stopped me and ordered me into a blue car.
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What were you doing in the Vicariate?
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We decided that Victoria and I should seek the assistance of the Vicariate of Solidarity.
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At the Vicariate, they asked me for identification before allowing me to enter the inner offices.
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Can you tell us about your apostolate in the Vicariate?
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In our two vicariates, there is only one bishop in charge of all Catholics, no matter the church to which they belong.
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We plan, as soon as possible, to build a new cathedral church and pastoral center in Bahrain, centrally located among the four countries of the vicariate.
Blog text (20)
Synonyms
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An area of churches and parishes that a bishop looks after
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A district of churches led by an archbishop in some Christian churches
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A Catholic church area or group led by a bishop
The job of a leader who cares for a local church
The area that a bishop is in charge of
A church office in the Christian church that gives a person responsibility for several local churches
An area of Christian churches led by an archbishop
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Etymology
The word vicariate comes from the old Latin word vicarius, which means 'substitute' or 'in place of' and is the same root as in vicar and vicarious. A vicariate is the area or office that a vicar looks after as a substitute for a bishop, so the origin explains why it names the district under a vicar's care.