Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vicariate \Vi*ca"ri*ate\, a.
   Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious. --Barrow.

Vicariate \Vi*ca"ri*ate\, n. [LL. vicariatus, or F. vicariat.]
   Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight
   of a vicar.

         The vicariate of that part of Germany which is governed
         by the Saxon laws devolved on the elector of Saxony.
                                                  --Robertson.

Source : WordNet®

vicariate
     n : the religious institution under the authority of a vicar
         [syn: {vicarship}]