\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.
                                               --Robertson.