vicarial
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
But our Government is altogether conducted on the footing of vicarial responsibility.
From Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
For this reason his vicarial representative can plead scores of excuses for presenting himself at "The Court."
From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid
