vicegerent
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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
About the same time the constitutional party rose against Ali’s vicegerent Mahommed, son of Abu Bekr, who had been the leader of the murderous attack on Othman.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
The Koran is law, the Shah being looked upon as the vicegerent of the prophet.
From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by Alden, John B.
His son-in-law, Defderdar, known popularly as the “Scourge of God,” was his acting vicegerent.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick
