plural of vicarage

Of or pertaining to a vicar / Delegated; vicarious

A sister lower in order than an abbess or mother superior in a nunnery or convent. / A female representative. / The wife of a parish vicar.

(obsolete) A vicar.

(countable) The residence of a vicar. / The benefice, duties or office of a vicar.

In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.

A parish priest who assists the parish administrator. This is a priest who is assigned by the competent authority to assist the pastor in the pastoral ministry of a parish. Together as co-workers, the pastor and parochial vicar(s) carry out the functions of teaching, sanctifying and leading the people entrusted to their care. The parochial vicar is subject to the authority of the pastor.

(Christianity) A Roman Catholic prelate who is ordained (titular) bishop and administers a missionary jurisdiction that is not (yet) a diocese, but ranks higher then an apostolic prefecture.

(Christianity) Any bishop. / Alternative letter-case form of Vicar of Christ, a title variously granted to the Holy Ghost and to the bishop of Rome.

(Roman Catholicism) The Pope. / (Christianity, theology, very rare) The Holy Ghost.