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vi·car·i·ate  audio  (v-kār-t, -t, -kr-, v-) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. The office or authority of a vicar.
  2. The district under a vicar's jurisdiction.

ETYMOLOGY:
Medieval Latin vicritus, from Latin vicrius, a substitute ; see vicar


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