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

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 Reid, Mayne

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

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

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 Trollope, Anthony