vicarial

Example Sentences

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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 Reid, Mayne

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 Scott, Daniel

I don't suppose such vicarial piety will avail much, but the petitions come out of a sincere breast, from innocent lips.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

For this reason his vicarial representative can plead scores of excuses for presenting himself at "The Court."

From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne

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 Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn