vicarial

Example Sentences

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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

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

But our Government is altogether conducted on the footing of vicarial responsibility.

From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony

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

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