viceroyalty
Americannoun
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the dignity, office, or period of office of a viceroy.
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a country or province ruled by a viceroy.
noun
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the office, authority, or dignity of a viceroy
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the domain governed by a viceroy
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the term of office of a viceroy
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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
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 seat of Mexican government since the Spanish viceroyalty, Mexico City is built upon the ruins of the palace of the Aztec emperor, Montezuma.
From US News ● Nov. 19, 2015
After wintering in the St. Lawrence, he, too, abandoned the country—giving back his immense viceroyalty to the rightful owners.
From History of the Discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 With a Sketch of his Life by Butterfield, Consul Willshire
Now, however, local governments within each of the viceroyalties were in the hands of governors, or intendants.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
In both these viceroyalties, the basis of Spanish economic activity had evolved from the payment of tribute to the enforcement of systematic forms of labor such as debt servitude.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Essentially the same racially and spiritually coded messages are sent by works made a century apart in Spain’s two viceroyalties, north and south.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
It was not until 1740 that Philip V determined the boundary between his viceroyalties of Santa Fe and of Lima.
From Time Magazine Archive
You shall be brought in touch with something greater than two viceroyalties.
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Conrad, Joseph
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