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viceroyalty

American  
[vahys-roi-uhl-tee, vahys-roi-] / vaɪsˈrɔɪ əl ti, ˈvaɪsˌrɔɪ- /

noun

viceroyalties plural
  1. the dignity, office, or period of office of a viceroy.

  2. a country or province ruled by a viceroy.


viceroyalty British  
/ ˌvaɪsˈrɔɪəltɪ /

noun

  1. the office, authority, or dignity of a viceroy

  2. the domain governed by a viceroy

  3. the term of office of a viceroy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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noun

Etymology

Origin of viceroyalty

1695–1705; vice- + royalty, modeled on French vice-royauté

Example Sentences

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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

Going further, James hinted that he would like to subject all the other colonies to a similar consolidated arrangement, which resembled a Spanish viceroyalty more than a traditional English colony.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 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 viceroyalty jogged on gently to its predestined end, and the General Election giving Mr. Gladstone a majority the six-year-old Salisbury Administration came to an end.

From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles

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