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
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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
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The vicegerent of the vicariate of Rome splashed the stone with holy water.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 head of the church was an acknowledged vicegerent of Him who was styled in scripture Lord of all the kingdoms of the earth.
From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Thomas Keightley
This was a serious charge against the Pope's vicegerent It could not, it must not be admitted.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by William Hogan
In tongue she was very sharp, and in secret was proud of the power she possessed in making the vicegerent of God afraid of her.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
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