viceroy
noun
a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign.
viceroyship
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a word derived from
viceroy.
Example Sentences
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Two centuries later, these remote provinces had been converted into the very important viceroyship of the River Plate.
From The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic by Ernesto Quesada
"Come, come," said he, laughing, "don't threaten me! my viceroyship will be very short-lived,—he 'll perhaps be at Aix before us."
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever
Better for him had he never insisted upon viceroyship!
From 1492 by Mary Johnston
The child was entitled to the viceroyship of Transylvania, while all the rest of Hungary was to pass unincumbered to Ferdinand.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
The viceroyship is the highest appointive office in the world.
From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Frederic Courtland Penfield
