vicariate
/vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət/noun
vicariate is a noun meaning “The office, authority, or district of a vicar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-C-A-R-I-A-T-E, and it appears about once in every 20 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vicariate is vicariates.
What does vicariate mean?
noun
- 1
The office, authority, or district of a vicar.
- 2
The office, authority, or district held by a person as deputy for a bishop, or similar ecclesiastical authority.
- 3
The office, authority, or district managed by someone appointed as deputy to a secular political leader.
adjective
- 1
archaicraredelegated; relating to a representative; vicarious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vicariate?
- /vaɪˈkɛəɹi.ət/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vicariate
- vicariates plural
- more vicariate comparative
- most vicariate superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vicariate?
Vicariate appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Vicariate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the office or authority of a vicar:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.