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vice-ˈregent
[vice-. Cf. It. vicereggente.]
One who acts in place of a regent.
In some early instances perh. an error for vice-gerent.
1556Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. X. 315 To ane boy rynnand..to Dunkell witht clois writtingis of the viceregentis. 1581Marbeck Bk. Notes 842 Who doubteth then, but if the Pope bee Vicar to the Prince of this world, he is Viceregent to the Diuell. 1669Dryden Tyrannic Love iii. i, But Monarchs are the Gods Viceregents here. 1827Scott Surg. Dau. xii, The Nawaub has placed his young son, Tippoo, as Vice-Regent of his newly-conquered territory of Bangalore. 1889W. Wilson State §104 (1893) 67 The five Ephors..were originally mere deputies of the kings, appointed..to act as vice-regents in the absence of their royal principals.
transf.1660Marquis of Worcester Water-Comm. Engine (1663) 15 A Viceregent or Countervail supplying the place and performing the full force of a Man, Wind, Beast or Mill.
Hence vice-ˈregency.
1930Belloc Wolsey ix. 243 He drafted a form of Vice-regency, a delegation of Papal power to himself. |