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
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)
Afterwards Ibn al-Hanafiya seems to have acknowledged him distinctly as his vicegerent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
The vicegerent had taken to himself all the attributes of the deity, the adopted son succeeded to the rights and powers of his divine father.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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