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

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)

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

But from henceforward he had to share his divine honours with another; Bel of Nippur, indeed, conferred the sovereignty, but the sovereign was priest and vicegerent of Anu.

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