Vicariate

Vi*ca"ri*ate (?), a. Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious. Barrow.

Vi*ca"ri*ate, n. [LL. vicariatus, or F. vicariat.] Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.

The vicariate of that part of Germany which is governed by the Saxon laws devolved on the elector of Saxony.