vicarshipn.

1534 King Henry VIII in Liber Regis p. viii Every other person that hath any dignitie, prebend, vycarship,..or other office.

1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 49 Accordynge to general commyssyon, which he had of Sathan hys great mastre, in that vycarshypp of hys.

1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 540 Y^e Bishop of Ierusalem should more reasonably claime this supremacie & vicarship vnto Christ.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 574/1 Lewis of Bauar the Emperour, sodainely..recalled his Vicar-shippe or delegation, which hee had made to Edward, to exercise imperiall power in lower Germanie.

1653 H. Cogan tr. N. N. Scarlet Gown 66 After his arrival at Rome, Cardinal Capucino paid him all the profits accruing of his Vicarship by him administred in his absence.

1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin iii. iv. 139 If St. Peters, and so his Holiness universal Vicarship follow hence.

1739 J. Swift Let. to Pope 10 May There is a man in my choir, one Mr. Lamb; he has at present but half a vicarship.

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. III. 130 The crown of Spain held the vicarship of Siena as a fief of the Empire.

1839 I. Taylor Anc. Christianity I. 96 The universal vicarship of the bishop of Rome.

1867 R. Palmer Life P. Howard 71 He was recommended to the master-general by Cardinal Pole for the vicarship of the province.

1896 Oxford Chron. 25 July 5/4 The Bishop of Oxford has lost no time in filling up the Vicarship of Abingdon.