Definition of "vicarage" []

• The residence of a vicar. (noun)
• The benefice of a vicar. (noun)
• The duties or office of a vicar; a vicariate. (noun)

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• "If she could afford to reside as a lodger in – vicarage, she would choose that house before all others as the place of her abode; but, not being so circumstanced, she would never come under its roof, except as an occasional visitor, unless sickness or calamity should render her assistance really needful, or until age or infirmity made her incapable of maintaining herself."
• "The vicarage was a sprawling Victorian building, huge and cheerless enough for an army barracks, but the vicar, the Reverend James Bell, moonfaced and beaming, greeted them warmly."
• "It was that same "dinner" at the "vicarage" -- in Cherryvale one dines at mid-day, and the Presbyterian minister blindly believed he had invited the O'Neills for supper -- that gave Tess one of her most brilliant inspirations."