vicarial
Example Sentences
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He extended his vicarial authority into a virtual sovereignty of the Lombard towns, acknowledging only the German Emperor as his feudal lord.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
Think of the evil that man meant--how he tried to trip up the heels of Tuscany, establish a precarious vicarial existence for the Romagna, and plots now at Naples.
From Lady John Russell by
For this reason his vicarial representative can plead scores of excuses for presenting himself at “The Court.”
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
As it chanced, the captain of the guard was just then out of the way; and Rob had reason to think he would be pardoned for the little stretch of vicarial authority.
From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid
His lordship here alluded merely to the disposition of the vicarial tithes, and not at all to the care of souls which he was going to put into the young man's hands.
From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
