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
Narses remained in Ravenna as vicegerent of the Empire: his government was stern and harsh, but he restored order to the country, and his authority became so great as to excite the jealousy of Justinian.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard
The sultan himself, the great head of the nation and the religion, the vicegerent of God upon earth, has taken off the turban, and all the officers of government have followed his example.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by Stephens, John Lloyd
This was a serious charge against the Pope's vicegerent It could not, it must not be admitted.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William
