vicegerent
Americannoun
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an officer appointed as deputy by and to a sovereign or supreme chief.
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a deputy in general.
adjective
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exercising delegated powers.
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characterized by delegation of powers.
noun
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a person appointed to exercise all or some of the authority of another, esp the administrative powers of a ruler; deputy
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RC Church the Pope or any other representative of God or Christ on earth, such as a bishop
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of vicegerent
1530–40; < New Latin vicegerent- (stem of vicegerēns managing instead of ), equivalent to Latin vice ( see vice 3) + gerent- (stem of gerēns, present participle of gerere to carry on, conduct); see -ent
Example Sentences
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They were the years when Coolidge said of war debts, "They hired the money," when Charles Dawes was Coolidge's vicegerent in Europe, wearing laurels won with the Dawes Plan.
From Time Magazine Archive
The vicegerent of the vicariate of Rome splashed the stone with holy water.
From Time Magazine Archive
Brother Peter de Montaigu, humble Master of the soldiers of Christ, to our vicegerent and beloved brother in Christ, Alan Marcel, Preceptor of England.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
Narses remained in Ravenna as vicegerent of the Empire: his government was stern and harsh, but he restored order to the country, and his authority became so great as to excite the jealousy of Justinian.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard
Some did thus paraphrase upon it, that he must own him to be his sovereign Lord under God, and God's vicegerent, to be obeyed in all things lawful.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander
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