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
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
Hear you, then, Americans! listen, you republicans—whigs, democrats, and all—and know ye henceforth, that a Pope is defined to be the vicegerent of Christ.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William
Brother Peter de Montaigu, humble Master of the soldiers of Christ, to our vicegerent and beloved brother in Christ, Alan Marcel, Preceptor of England.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
