vice-regent

[ noun vahys-ree-juhnt; adjective vahys-ree-juhnt ]

noun

1. a deputy regent; a person who acts in the place of a ruler, governor, or sovereign.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or occupying the position of a vice-regent.

Other Words From

• vice-regen·cy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vice-regent¹

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

What the ruling Prince, the vice-regent upon the throne of David, is to receive from the people is stated in verses 13-16.

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Nature is both beneficent and truthful in its work; it retains all the properties of the Supreme Being whose vice-regent it is.

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He gradually became identified merely with the headship of Swarga, a local vice-regent of the abode of the gods.

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He knew it was the seat of God's earthly Vice-regent, the capital of the universal kingdom of the Church.

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Fleming, to show his divine right to the place of vice-regent, led the way to a joint on Washington Street.

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