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vicegerents

vicegerents is the plural of vicegerent.

Meaning of vicegerent

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

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Questions about vicegerents

What is vicegerents the plural of?
Vicegerents is the plural of vicegerent.

Words near vicegerents in the dictionary

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

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