Definitions for "Vicariate"
Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious.
Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.
A subdivision within a Province* of the Order which constitutes a regional grouping of houses* normally to foster communication and cooperating in the mission of the community. A Vicar Provincial would exercise certain authority over the vicariate as delegate of the Provincial.
the religious institution under the authority of a vicar