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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The office or term of service of a viceroy; viceroydom. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a district or province governed by a viceroy wordnet
3. 3
   The place governed by a viceroy. countable, uncountable

   "India became a viceroyalty when the British government directly annexed it in the 1850s."

Example

More examples

"India became a viceroyalty when the British government directly annexed it in the 1850s."

Etymology

From vice- + royalty, modeled on French vice-royauté.

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