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

Merodach, the great lord, the restorer of his people, beheld with joy the deeds of his vicegerent, who was righteous in hand and heart.

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

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)

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)