Vicarial(a.) Of or pertaining to a vicar; as, vicarial tithes.
Vicarial(a.) Delegated; vicarious; as, vicarial power.
Vicariate(a.) Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious.
Vicariate(n.) Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.
Vicarious(prep.) Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
Vicarious(prep.) Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.
Vicarious(prep.) Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment.
Vicarious(prep.) Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.
Vicariously(adv.) In a vicarious manner.
Vicary(n.) A vicar.
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