vicegerent
Example Sentences
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They were the years when Coolidge said of war debts, "They hired the money," when Charles Dawes was Coolidge's vicegerent in Europe, wearing laurels won with the Dawes Plan.
From Time Magazine Archive
The vicegerent of the vicariate of Rome splashed the stone with holy water.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am His sword, His weapon and His vicegerent.
From Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 1 The First Twelve Months of War by Raemaekers, Louis
The influence of Nippur had waned before that of Eridu, and out of Eridu had risen a culture-god whose son and vicegerent was the sun.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Merodach was their vicegerent and successor rather than themselves under another form.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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