vicegerent

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The vicegerent of the vicariate of Rome splashed the stone with holy water.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Merodach, the great lord, the restorer of his people, beheld with joy the deeds of his vicegerent, who was righteous in hand and heart.

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The head of the church was an acknowledged vicegerent of Him who was styled in scripture Lord of all the kingdoms of the earth.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas

This was granted easiest of all; besides, the second Imperial vicegerent of the paternal supremacy, Augusti, was appointed to the business in question.

From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich