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

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

The king accordingly was not a representative and vicegerent of the god, like a Babylonian prince; he represented the god Assur only because he represented the city of Assur.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

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