vice-regent
Americannoun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of vice-regent
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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Deposed and physically ousted from Turkey in 1924 by agnostic President Mustafa Kemal, Caliph Abdul Medjid Effendi is still to millions of Moslems "Commander of the Faithful" and "Viceregent of Allah."
From Time Magazine Archive
Hereupon quoth Ja'afar to the Caliph, "O Viceregent of Allah upon earth, do thou be steadfast of purpose and rely upon Allah!"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
"Never fear," she replied, "he is not wont to take aught of neighbours albeit he be a Viceregent of the Jann."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Bellizarius be Viceregent over all Those conquerd parts of Affrick we call ours; Hubert the Master of my Henricks Horse And President of what the Goths possesse.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
A swineherd, glad to gnaw the husks that his pigs left, might become the Viceregent of Christ, and spurn emperors prostrate before his throne.
From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida
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