vicarial
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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
His predecessor, the venerable John Crosse, known as the ‘blind vicar,’ had been inattentive to the vicarial claims.
From Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
But our Government is altogether conducted on the footing of vicarial responsibility.
From Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
Another instance of a clergyman going to law with his parishioners was that of the Rev. John Benison, vicar of Burton, who was dissatisfied with the payments of the vicarial revenues.
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott
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