1. of, relating to, or serving as a vicar or substitute
Usage: formal; ecclesiastical
2. experienced or suffered by one person as a substitute for another
Usage: formal

Examples

• The bishop appointed a vicarial administrator to oversee the parish.
• His vicarial duties included conducting services in the priest’s absence.
• The committee exercised vicarial authority during the chairman’s illness.
• She felt a vicarial responsibility for her team’s mistakes.
• The vicarial nature of his position meant he could only act temporarily.
• The court recognized his vicarial capacity to make decisions for the organization.