vicegerency

American  

[vahys-jeer-uhn-see] / vaɪsˈdʒɪər ən si /

noun

plural

vicegerencies

1. the position, government, or office of a vicegerent.

2. the territory or district under a vicegerent.

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Etymology

Origin of vicegerency

First recorded in 1590–1600; viceger(ent) + -ency

Example Sentences

Here we are in presence of two societies, the authority in each of which is a divine Vicegerency, whose subject is the same man, whether individual or collective.

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The hierarchy of the gods is modelled upon that of Babylonia, and the ideas of mediation and vicegerency are transferred to heaven.

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While James was vaunting his divine vicegerency, and boasting of his high prerogative, he possessed not so much as a single regiment of guards to maintain his extensive claims; a sufficient proof that he sincerely believed his pretensions to be well grounded, and a strong presumption that they were at least built on what were then deemed plausible arguments.

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Know ye that the Sun of vicegerency hath dawned in all truth, and yet ye have turned away therefrom.

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The Tree of vicegerency hath been planted, the Point of knowledge hath been made plain, and the sovereignty of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, hath been established.

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