Vicariate
Vicariate , adjective
Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious. — Barrow
Vicariate , noun
[Late Latin vicariatus, or French 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.