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  • noun Plural form of vicariate.

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Examples

  • The language spoken in twenty of the vicariates is German, in six Czech, and in two is mixed.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • It was a coloured map of the world, the different tints indicating whether the territories belonged to victorious Catholicism or whether Catholicism was still warring there against unbelief; these last countries being classified as vicariates or prefectures, according to the general principles of organisation.

    The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871

  • It was a coloured map of the world, the different tints indicating whether the territories belonged to victorious Catholicism or whether Catholicism was still warring there against unbelief; these last countries being classified as vicariates or prefectures, according to the general principles of organisation.

    The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete ��mile Zola 1871

  • The prescription does not apply to junior and missionary particular chuches, such as vicariates apostolic, prefectures apostolic, apostolic administrations, abbacies nullius, territorial prelatures; nor does it apply to missions sui juris, obviously.

    RORATE CÆLI 2010

  • Archbishop Borders organized the diocese into three vicariates and appointed his auxiliary bishops to lead them.

    Archbishop William D. Borders dies, led Baltimore Catholics Liz F. Kay 2010

  • Beginning of the amalgamation of northern and central Italy with the imperial administration on Sicilian lines: a system of general vicariates under imperial vicars, each city with an imperial podestà (generally Apulians, and often relatives of Frederick).

    1226 2001

  • It elected Juan de Castro the first provincial, adopted the general ordinances [102] already made in Mexico, gave the convent at Manila the title of priory, and designated as parts of the province four vicariates.

    Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951

  • OUR LORD 1886; with full official reports of all dioceses, vicariates, prefectures, etc., in the United States, Canada,

    Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 Various

  • A few wound themselves, and so on, till it almost seems, in view of this long list of vicariates, as if almost any attack, psychic or physical, might thus be intensified, and almost anything or person be made the object of passion.

    The Journal of Abnormal Psychology 1916

  • The diocese numbers 197 parishes, 181 vicariates, 457 diocesan and 223 regular priests, 850,000 Catholics, 4000

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

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