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Vicegerent

//vaɪsˈd͡ʒɪəɹənt// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. not-comparable

    "But whom ſend I to judge them? whom but thee / Vicegerent Son, to thee I have transferr'd / All Judgement whether in Heav'n, or Earth, or Hell"

Noun
  1. 1
    The official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.

    "1644, Samuel Rutherford, Lex Rex, or The Law and the Prince, 1846, The Presbyterian's Armoury, Volume 3, 211, But why are not the kings, even Nero, Julian, Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar, vicegerents of Christ, as mediator, as priest, as redeemer, as prophet, as advocate, presenting our prayers to God his father?"

  2. 2
    someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin vicegerens.

Etymology 2

From Latin vicegerens.

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