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vicegerent

/vaɪsˈd͡ʒɪəɹənt/

vicegerent noun: the official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.

Noun

vicegerent (plural vicegerents)

  1. The official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.
    • But why are not the kings, even Nero, Julian, Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar, vicegerents of Christ, as mediator, as priest, as redeemer, as prophet, as advocate, presenting our prayers to God his father?1644, Samuel Rutherford, Lex Rex, or The Law and the Prince, 1846, The Presbyterian's Armoury, Volume 3, 211
    • In 1574, James, Cardinal Savelli, the Cardinal Vicar, a prelate most exact in sacred and ecclesiastical ceremonies, appointed him his suffragan, or as it would now be termed, Vicegerent.1876, The Month, volume 25, 139

Adjective

vicegerent (not comparable)

  1. Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.
    • 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 Hell1674, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 253

Forms of vicegerent

pluralvicegerents

Origin of vicegerent

From Latin vicegerens.

Words formed from vicegerent

Questions about vicegerent

What does vicegerent mean?
Vicegerent means the official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.
What part of speech is vicegerent?
Vicegerent can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce vicegerent?
Vicegerent is pronounced /vaɪsˈd͡ʒɪəɹənt/.
What is the plural of vicegerent?
The plural of vicegerent is vicegerents.

Words near vicegerent in the dictionary

  1. vicegeral
  2. vicegerence
  3. vicegerences
  4. vicegerencies
  5. vicegerency
  6. vicegerent
  7. vicegerents
  8. vicegerentship
  9. vicegerentships
  10. viceless
  11. vicelessness

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