vicegerent
Example Sentences
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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
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
The first was Thor of the Edda; the second Storjunkare, his vicegerent, the common household god; and the third Beywe, the Sun.
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
