单词 | vicegerency |
释义 | vicegerencyn. 1. a. The office, dignity, or rule of a vicegerent; the fact of ruling or administering as representative of another. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > deputy ruler > position of vicegerence1527 vicegerentship1600 vicegerency1602 vicariate1619 vicariateship1753 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 119 If euery Priest shold take place agreeing to their Vice-gerencie vnder Christ, there could be no order kept. 1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 22 But to the great Vicegerencie I grew, Being a title as supreame as new. 1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 2 Timothy, and Titus..had rather the vicegerency of an Apostleship committed to them, then the ordinary charge of a Bishoprick. a1668 W. Davenant Law against Lovers in Wks. (1673) 323 The Duke,..During the time of your Vicegerency, Remain'd here in disguise. 1702 Sacheverell Serm. Univ. Oxford (1710) 9 The highest indignity..to any crown'd head is..denying its vice-gerency. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. App. 75 James was vaunting his divine vicegerency. 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. ix. 224 To gain a just conception of civil government... If it be that Divine vicegerency which many have described [etc.]. 1891 Daily News 29 Dec. 6/1 He has..put to death more than forty persons who have dared to question his authority or argued against his vicegerency. b. A district or province ruled by a vicegerent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a deputy-governor or vicegerent vicariate1755 vicegerency1865 1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. vi. 244 History and tradition record no rebellious outbreak of any importance during their sway among the numerous vicegerencies of Arabia. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun] > quality vicegerency1673 vicariousness1727 vicariate1877 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life vii. 73 His sanctifying himself for us, plainly speaks the Vicegerency of his death. 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 24 Antichrist..signifies substitution and vice-gerency. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602 |
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