viceroyalty
Americannoun
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the dignity, office, or period of office of a viceroy.
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a country or province ruled by a viceroy.
noun
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the office, authority, or dignity of a viceroy
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the domain governed by a viceroy
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the term of office of a viceroy
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Origin of viceroyalty
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Casta paintings originate from the Spanish American viceroyalty of Mexico in the 18th Century.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2023
Even Mexico via the Spanish viceroyalty in Acapulco.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2018
He was born in the once absurdly rich silver-mining hill town of Guanajuato, scene of some of the most horrific abuses of the Spanish viceroyalty after the European conquest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2016
The seat of Mexican government since the Spanish viceroyalty, Mexico City is built upon the ruins of the palace of the Aztec emperor, Montezuma.
From US News ● Nov. 19, 2015
Lord Curzon exhibited much interest in the art and antiquities of India, and during his viceroyalty took steps for the preservation and restoration of many important monuments and buildings of historic interest.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
Now, however, local governments within each of the viceroyalties were in the hands of governors, or intendants.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
In both these viceroyalties, the basis of Spanish economic activity had evolved from the payment of tribute to the enforcement of systematic forms of labor such as debt servitude.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Essentially the same racially and spiritually coded messages are sent by works made a century apart in Spain’s two viceroyalties, north and south.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
It was not until 1740 that Philip V determined the boundary between his viceroyalties of Santa Fe and of Lima.
From Time Magazine Archive
Social splendour Socially, the two viceroyalties had been brilliant successes.
From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles
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