[f. VICAR + -ATE. Cf. VICARIATE.] A parish, district, etc., under the jurisdiction of a vicar; a vicariate.
1883. American, V. 319. Retaining the administration of the vicarate of North Carolina.
1910. Q. Reg. Presbyt. Ch., Aug., 337. In the diocese of Albi,… a number of vicarates have been suppressed.
