That’s a lot of vices. I suppose “vice” means “to replace”, but it’s not in my dictionary that way.
So, looks like “VICE” used in this manner (a preposition) means “in the place of”.
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–preposition
instead of; in the place of.
[Origin: 1760–70; < L: instead of, abl. of vicis (gen.; not attested in nom.) interchange, alternation]