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in his stead
d. in his stead (or with any other possessive): (a) as a successor in his room (cf. 12c (a)); (b) as his deputy or representative (archaic), also †predicatively; (c) as a substitute in the place occupied by him (obsolete); (d) instead of him (cf. 12c (c)).Now only literary. Formerly the plural steads was often used when preceded by a plural possessive.
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society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > as deputy or representative [phrase]
in his steadc1230
in the stead ofa1325
in (the) person ofa1425
in the personage of1558
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adverb]
in his steadc1230
in one's room1489
in the steada1525
by substitute1597
in lieu1599
instead1667
vicariously1868
rather1967
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adverb] > as a successor or by succession (of persons)
in his steadc1230
successively1597
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adverb] > in one's place
in his stead1590
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c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1207 Thai sschal..Put the out of thi kinges sete, And sette him stede inne thine.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 39 Leste þe kyng and his Counseil ȝor Comunes apeire, And beo stiward in oure stude.
c1400 Rom. Rose 4862 Whanne fader or moder arn in grave, Hir children shulde..Ful diligent ben, in her steede.
c1480 (a1400) Prol. 161 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 5 Mathias wes chosin in his stede.
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) ii. 31 Chancerye and Eschequer were cleene abolished..and newe Courtes errected in theire steedes by the saied Statute.
1696 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 260 A new saxton to be chosen in his roome or steed.
(b)c1400 Rule St. Benet (Prose) lxiii. 41 Þabbesse, for sho es in godis stede, sal be callid ‘dame’.1417 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) II. 238 Charjng the captens and cunstables to take other in hor styddes.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 238 Send in ȝour steid Ȝour ladeis, grathit vp gay.1560 Bible (Geneva) Gen. xxx. 2 Am I in Gods stede, which hathe withholden from thee the frute of the wombe?1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus ii. xxxi, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 288 In their steede which were absent, their readers and Deacons subscribed.a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) vii. 24 Acknowledging that he was unto him in Gods stead.(c)1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. L2v The seedes of shame I from my heart remooue, And in their steads I set downe plants of Grace.1612 R. Coverte True Rep. Englishman 5 Which sheepe we tooke with vs and left sixe beasts or bullocks in their steads.1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 109 Thou..wert willing to put thy soul in our souls stead.1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) i. 180 Or quite unravel all the reas'ning thread, And hang some curious cobweb in its stead.1774 Ld. Chesterfield Lett. to Son I. viii. 21 Diana put a hind in her [Iphigeneia's] stead.1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. xiii. 310 Zarah..admitted that she had deranged the project..by placing the dwarf in her own stead.(d)c1230 Hali Meid. 10 For under weole, i wunnes stude þu hauest her ofte helle.1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. x. 133 Some busie carpers will scorne at my new deuised termes: auricular and sensable, saying that I might with better warrant haue vsed in their steads these words, orthographicall or syntacticall.1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 300 A Lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babling blockheads in his stead.1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 769 Down falls the venerable pile... Springs a palace in its stead But in a distant spot.1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 7 Terror reigns in sorrow's stead.1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend ii. 62 Or unless Some maiden..Offers her life for that of her lord, And is willing to die in his stead.1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 241 Each seemed to substitute in its stead something that he liked better.1859 C. M. Yonge Cameos liv, in Monthly Packet Oct. 338 He begged the king to choose, in his stead, one of the numerous royal princes.
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