vicegerent

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Witold sent his nephew Koribut, who swore to maintain the four articles, and was installed at Prague, as "Vicegerent of Bohemia."

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

But whom send I to judge them? whom but thee, Vicegerent Son?

From Paradise Lost by Milton, John

And likewise to the Temporal Power as God’s Vicegerent, 112 3.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

But whom send I to judge them? whom but thee Vicegerent Son, to thee I have transferr'd All Judgement, whether in Heav'n, or Earth; or Hell.

From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John

That is to be found only in the spiritual Fathers, and in the Pope, the holy Head of the Church of Rome, the present Vicegerent of Christ on earth.”

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis