vicegerentn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌvʌɪsˈdʒɛrənt/,

/ˌvʌɪsˈdʒɛrn̩t/,

/ˌvʌɪsˈdʒɪərənt/,

/ˌvʌɪsˈdʒɪərn̩t/, U.S.

/ˌvaɪsˈdʒɪrənt/

Forms: Also 1500s vitz-, viz-, 1600s vize-gerent.

Etymology: < medieval Latin vicegerent-, vicegerens, < Latin vicem (accusative) stead, place, office, etc., and gerens, present participle of gerĕre to carry, hold. So French vicegérent (also -gérant), Italian vicegerente, Spanish vicegerente, Portuguese vice-gerente. The hyphen, formerly not uncommon, is now rarely used in this and the preceding words.

A. n.

a. A person appointed by a king or other ruler to act in his place or exercise certain of his administrative functions.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > deputy ruler

vicegerent1536

1536 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 26 Thomas Crumwell..keper of the privey Seale of our said soueraigne Lorde the king and vitzgerent to the same for..all his Jurisdiction ecclesiasticall within this Realme.

1538 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 151 I Thomas lorde Crumwell,..Vice-gerent to the kynges said highnes.

1545 Act 37 Hen. VIII c. 17 Censures ecclesiasticall made by your Highnes and your Vicegerent, officialls, commissaries, and Judges and visitators.

1593 R. Harvey Philadelphus 1 Mordred Arthurs kinsman being appointed Vicegerent in his royalty, gaue great giftes..to Cerdrick a Saxon.

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. vi. 30 Lysander whome Agesilaus appointed his Vize-gerent the time of his absence.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 134 It hath therefore been the ancient course of Kings of this Nation, to constitute Vicegerents in their absence.

1733 J. Swift On Poetry 26 Now sing the Minister of State,..Thou great Vicegerent of the King.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. lvii. 671 He was trusted by the sultan as the faithful vice~gerent of his power.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xiv. 194 His vicegerent was at first willing to resign his authority.

1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xviii. 95 He intended..Gloucester to act as his vicegerent in England.

b. In general sense: One who takes the place of another in the discharge of some office or duties.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun]

ministerc1300

substitute1391

vicarc1400

vicary?14..

deputyc1425

vicegerent1549

vicarian1598

mandatary1607

mandatar1681

mandatee1774

mandatory1862

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Tim. i. f. iii^v I left the there euen as my selfe, to haue the autoritie as a notable vicegerent in so excellent and so paynefull an office.

1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iv. 14 The Governours of Ireland..were at first called Justices..afterwards, Lievtenants; and their Vice-gerents were called Deputies.

1683 Britanniæ Speculum 114 [His] Vice-gerent was the Vicar General of Britain, honored with the Title Spectabilis.

1773 Observ. State Poor 47 The humanity and generosity of some of these parochial vice~gerents, the farmers or managers of workhouses.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. xvii. 38 These prerogatives were reserved to the præfects..: their vicegerents were confined to the trifling weight of a few ounces.

1851 R. Hussey Rise Papal Power iii. 130 For what respect will be thought due to the vicegerents of the holy apostle St. Peter if what they ordain..be undone.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 109 There is in all cases, a vice-gerent, who in the absence of the head exercises his powers.

c. A ruler or commander of a country, etc., in virtue of deputed power.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > deputy ruler > specifically of a country

vicegerent1577

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 482/1 Herewith he [sc. Richard I] dothe commaunde them also to obey Robert Earle of Leycester, whome he appointed..as his Lieutenant or vicegerent of those parties during his absence.

1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 9 The Romanes had made mee Vicegerente of their forces.

c1610–15 tr. St. Ambrose Life St. Agnes in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 151 Aspasius the vicegerent of Rome.

1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. (1842) II. 208 The said Mogul has been obliged to declare the head of the Mahratta state to be vicegerent of the Mogul empire.

a. Applied to rulers and magistrates as representatives of the Deity.Frequent in the 17th century.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > divinely appointed or as representative of deity

ChristOE

Lord's (or God's) Anointed1528

vicegerent1561

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iv. xx. 735 If they [the Magistrates] remember that they bee the vicegerents of God.

1595 W. Covell Polimanteia C iv b This likewise is the cause why the Prince is tearmed Gods Vicegerent vpon earth.

1600 Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) f. 75 Princes being by God put in authoritie, are his vicegerents, and should therefore require obedience.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 15 We acknowledge that the civill magistrate weares an autority of Gods giving, and ought to be obey'd as his vicegerent.

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel To Rdr. p. ii God is infinitely merciful; and his Vicegerent is only not so, because he is not Infinite.

1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician I. 230 The same has place in Princes, who are God's Vicegerents in Temporals.

1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 120 All Governours of Nations being Gods Vicegerents, they are bound in all things to order their Government so as will best agree with the will of him.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. II. 274 ‘Dieu seul est grand,’ said courtly Massillon; but next to him, as the prelate thought, was certainly Louis, his vicegerent here upon earth.

b. Applied to priests, and spec. to the Pope, as representatives of God or Christ.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun]

priesteOE

presbyterOE

sirec1290

beauperec1300

sirc1386

fatherhooda1393

fatherheada1434

paternity1439

pater1481

fathershipa1500

father1528

key-bearer?1531

key-keeper?1556

vicegerent1572

priestdom1588

sacerdosa1592

flasher1611

priesthooda1616

père1619

sacerdote1685

firekeeper1789

soggarth1836

priestship1868

soutane1890

joss-man1913

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun]

popeeOE

apostoilec1275

vicary1303

vicar1340

bridge maker1341

Antichristc1370

vicar generalc1386

Holy Fatherc1400

servant of the servants of Godc1405

His Holy Fatherhood?a1425

universal bishopc1475

holiness1502

harlot1535

papa1555

Apostolic seat1560

vicegerent1572

man of Rome1581

pontiff1583

bullman1588

apostolicship1599

Pontifex Maximus1610

infallibleship1613

sanctity1633

popeship1641

decretaliarch1656

blessedness1670

Holy seata1674

infallibilityship1679

pontifexa1680

holyshipc1680

unholiness1682

His Infallibility1834

Pape1927

1572 C. Carlile Disc. Peter f. 49 Hee onely is Antichrist that fayneth himself to do all that Christ can doo, to bee his vicegerent in earth, to sit in his place.

1593 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1877) (modernized text) 3rd Ser. 130 Unto all which things the jurisdiction and authority of the Pope, Christ's Vicar and Vicegerent, did extend.

1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 7 All Protestan[t]s hold, that Christ in his Church hath left no vicegerent of his kingly power.

1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery in Wks. (1875) IV. 255 The Pope..does persecute those to the death who dare worship the Author of their Religion instead of his pretended Vice~gerent.

1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed vi. 81 The Priest that officiates in the Mass officiates as Christ's Vicegerent.

1841 Cardinal Wiseman in E. S. Purcell Life A. P. de Lisle (1900) I. xiii. 285 Let me know that the Vicegerent of Xt. approves of my course,..and I shall not care for all the world.

1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible (1875) ii. 78 Moses..did not affect to be, like..the Pope, the visible representative and vicegerent of God.

in extended use.1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 96 They say it to Christ, whose deputie and vicegerent the Image there is.

(a) Similarly applied to man in general or in some special respect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > [noun]

maneOE

worldOE

all fleshc1000

mankinOE

earthOE

little worldc1175

man's kinda1200

mankinda1225

worldrichec1275

slimec1315

kindc1325

world1340

sectc1400

humanityc1450

microcosma1475

peoplea1500

the human kindred?1533

race1553

homo1561

humankind1561

universality1561

deadly?1590

mortality1598

rational1601

vicegerent1601

small world1604

flesh and blooda1616

mannity1621

human race1623

universea1645

nations1667

public1699

the species1711

Adamhood1828

Jock Tamson's bairns1832

folx1833

Bimana1839

human1841

peeps1847

menfolk1870

manfolk1876

amniota1879

peoplekind1956

personkind1972

1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. E4^v That this confusion is incident to our liues, is our owne fault, since the disorder of a State belongeth to..the gouernours of a State; so this to man who is Vicegerent of the earth.

1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 93 Our first Parents being Gods Vicegerents here on earth, Lords of all his visible creatures.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 344 Indifferently bent to the Continuance of it, or change; as God, and his Vice-gerents, her Parents shall think fit.

a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 561 [A Deity who] communicates to men a knowledge..of his purposes that they may be his vicegerents in executing them.

1861 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ xxxix. 521 A proof of man's original formation in God's image, and his original vestiture with delegated power as God's vicegerent.

(b) Applied to nature, the sun, conscience, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > representative of

vicara1300

vicary1303

vicegerent1646

1646 H. Peake Medit. upon Seige 76 Nature (God's great vice~gerent).

1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine: 2nd Pt. ii. 82 God Almighty hath substituted the Soul of Man, as his Deputy or Vice~gerent in that Province which is committed to him.

1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxxiii. 556 Conscience..Gods vicegerent in the soul.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xxi. 463 When the sun is said to rule over the day,..what else can be understood but that he acts as a vicegerent.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Prol. To Hellas in Relics (1862) 10 Thou Destiny,..Go, thou Vicegerent of my will, no less Than of the Father's.

1835 C. M. Sedgwick Linwoods I. iv. 108 Let man beware how he wilfully or carelessly perverts and blinds God's vicegerent, conscience.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 192 They dethroned righteousness, the representative and vice~gerent of God, and made it rest on the ground.

1881 C. A. Young Sun (1882) i. 12 It has been reserved for more modern times..to show clearly just how..the sun himself [is] the symbol and vicegerent of the Deity.

d. Applied to persons as representing some other supernatural or spiritual power.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > person representing spirit

vicegerent1598

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 216 Great Deputie the welkis Vizgerent, and sole dominatur of Nauar.

1615 T. Heywood Foure Prentises i. xviii Joves great Vice-gerent over all the world.

1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 15 The List of his [sc. the Devil's] Vicegerents and Commanders, Outdoes your Cæsars, or your Alexanders.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 310 Now in the time's full process forth she brings Jove's dread vicegerents, in two future Kings.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. 61 Apollo, the God of Music, was their Author [of oracles]; The Pythia or Priestess was his Vice~gerent.

1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 181 Merciful Prophet! stretch forth thy propitious arms towards thy Vicegerent!

3. A thing which takes the place of another.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun] > a substitute

changec1460

supplier1491

quid pro quo?1535

supply1567

vicegerent1583

substitute1589

vice1597

succedane1601

surrogate1644

succedaneum1651

succedaneum1662

vicar1676

superseder?1774

supersessor1810

locum tenens1814

supplial1837

remplaçant1850

fill-in1918

Stepney1928

stand-in1933

substituter1956

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Ccii If my lasie leggs..should deny to make this voiage, my hearte would..substitute my handes to be their vicegerentes.

1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue viii. 390 The pronouns are, as their name signifies, words which are the vicegerents of nouns.

4. A vicarious bearer of sorrow. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] > sorrowful person

sorrowfuleOE

sorryOE

woebegone?a1400

dolent1530

vicegerent1591

griever1819

1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 21^v All creatures..leauing mee as the vice-gerent of all their sorrows.

B. adj. (or attributive).

1. Taking the place, or performing the functions, of another.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adjective] > that substitutes

vicaryc1475

vicegerent1577

succedaneal1633

surrogatea1638

vicarious1637

succedaneous1646

substitutive1656

substitutory1664

supersessory1789

substitutional1816

supersessive1837

shadow1936

omnivicarious1949

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. ii. sig. Cccc.vj^v/1 The Scripture teacheth that Christe ascended into heauen, and hath established a Vicegerent power, to witt, the holy Ghost.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 56 But whom send I to judge them? whom but thee Vicegerent Son.

1712 R. Blackmore Creation vii. 355 Next Man arose at thy Creating Word, Of Thy Terrestrial Realms Vicegerent Lord.

1749 S. Boyse Deity 17 But Conscience, fair vicegerent light within, Asserts its author.

2. Characterized by deputed or vicarious power.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > [adjective]

delegatory1533

ministerial1577

vicarial1617

vicariate1619

vicary1660

vicegerent1667

procurationalc1702

vicarious1706

administrative1753

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 609 Under his great Vice-gerent Reign abide..For ever happie.

1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture ii. v. 303 The vicegerent office to be maintained, and the gracious ends to be secured, make it indispensable that parents should themselves be living in the Spirit.

Derivatives

viceˈgerentship n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > [noun]

legacyc1384

proxy1440

vicarship1534

deputyship1587

attorneyship1598

vicegerentship1600

vicaragea1631

solicitorship1633

agenting1646

committeeship1648

representation1660

proxyship1674

proxyhood1776

surrogacy1811

assigneeship1829

locum tenency1831

delegateship1838

surrogateship1846

repping1910

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > deputy ruler > position of

vicegerence1527

vicegerentship1600

vicegerency1602

vicariate1619

vicariateship1753

1600 M. Sutcliffe Briefe Replie to Libel vi. 157 Let this Noddy..shew foorth the popes commission eyther for his vicegerentship, or for his pretended apostolicke office.

1646 G. Gillespie Malè Audis 10 The capacity of a Vicegerent, which he hath by his Vicegerentship.

1646 G. Gillespie Malè Audis 35 The two fold Vicegerentship of God and of Christ.

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单词	vicegerent
释义	vicegerentn.adj. Brit. /ˌvʌɪsˈdʒɛrənt/, /ˌvʌɪsˈdʒɛrn̩t/, /ˌvʌɪsˈdʒɪərənt/, /ˌvʌɪsˈdʒɪərn̩t/, U.S. /ˌvaɪsˈdʒɪrənt/ Forms: Also 1500s vitz-, viz-, 1600s vize-gerent. Etymology: < medieval Latin vicegerent-, vicegerens, < Latin vicem (accusative) stead, place, office, etc., and gerens, present participle of gerĕre to carry, hold. So French vicegérent (also -gérant), Italian vicegerente, Spanish vicegerente, Portuguese vice-gerente. The hyphen, formerly not uncommon, is now rarely used in this and the preceding words. A. n. 1. a. A person appointed by a king or other ruler to act in his place or exercise certain of his administrative functions. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > deputy ruler vicegerent1536 1536 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 26 Thomas Crumwell..keper of the privey Seale of our said soueraigne Lorde the king and vitzgerent to the same for..all his Jurisdiction ecclesiasticall within this Realme. 1538 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 151 I Thomas lorde Crumwell,..Vice-gerent to the kynges said highnes. 1545 Act 37 Hen. VIII c. 17 Censures ecclesiasticall made by your Highnes and your Vicegerent, officialls, commissaries, and Judges and visitators. 1593 R. Harvey Philadelphus 1 Mordred Arthurs kinsman being appointed Vicegerent in his royalty, gaue great giftes..to Cerdrick a Saxon. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. vi. 30 Lysander whome Agesilaus appointed his Vize-gerent the time of his absence. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 134 It hath therefore been the ancient course of Kings of this Nation, to constitute Vicegerents in their absence. 1733 J. Swift On Poetry 26 Now sing the Minister of State,..Thou great Vicegerent of the King. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. lvii. 671 He was trusted by the sultan as the faithful vice~gerent of his power. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xiv. 194 His vicegerent was at first willing to resign his authority. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xviii. 95 He intended..Gloucester to act as his vicegerent in England. b. In general sense: One who takes the place of another in the discharge of some office or duties. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] ministerc1300 substitute1391 vicarc1400 vicary?14.. deputyc1425 vicegerent1549 vicarian1598 mandatary1607 mandatar1681 mandatee1774 mandatory1862 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Tim. i. f. iii^v I left the there euen as my selfe, to haue the autoritie as a notable vicegerent in so excellent and so paynefull an office. 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iv. 14 The Governours of Ireland..were at first called Justices..afterwards, Lievtenants; and their Vice-gerents were called Deputies. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 114 [His] Vice-gerent was the Vicar General of Britain, honored with the Title Spectabilis. 1773 Observ. State Poor 47 The humanity and generosity of some of these parochial vice~gerents, the farmers or managers of workhouses. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. xvii. 38 These prerogatives were reserved to the præfects..: their vicegerents were confined to the trifling weight of a few ounces. 1851 R. Hussey Rise Papal Power iii. 130 For what respect will be thought due to the vicegerents of the holy apostle St. Peter if what they ordain..be undone. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 109 There is in all cases, a vice-gerent, who in the absence of the head exercises his powers. c. A ruler or commander of a country, etc., in virtue of deputed power. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > deputy ruler > specifically of a country vicegerent1577 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 482/1 Herewith he [sc. Richard I] dothe commaunde them also to obey Robert Earle of Leycester, whome he appointed..as his Lieutenant or vicegerent of those parties during his absence. 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 9 The Romanes had made mee Vicegerente of their forces. c1610–15 tr. St. Ambrose Life St. Agnes in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 151 Aspasius the vicegerent of Rome. 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. (1842) II. 208 The said Mogul has been obliged to declare the head of the Mahratta state to be vicegerent of the Mogul empire. 2. a. Applied to rulers and magistrates as representatives of the Deity.Frequent in the 17th century. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > divinely appointed or as representative of deity ChristOE Lord's (or God's) Anointed1528 vicegerent1561 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iv. xx. 735 If they [the Magistrates] remember that they bee the vicegerents of God. 1595 W. Covell Polimanteia C iv b This likewise is the cause why the Prince is tearmed Gods Vicegerent vpon earth. 1600 Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) f. 75 Princes being by God put in authoritie, are his vicegerents, and should therefore require obedience. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 15 We acknowledge that the civill magistrate weares an autority of Gods giving, and ought to be obey'd as his vicegerent. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel To Rdr. p. ii God is infinitely merciful; and his Vicegerent is only not so, because he is not Infinite. 1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician I. 230 The same has place in Princes, who are God's Vicegerents in Temporals. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 120 All Governours of Nations being Gods Vicegerents, they are bound in all things to order their Government so as will best agree with the will of him. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. II. 274 ‘Dieu seul est grand,’ said courtly Massillon; but next to him, as the prelate thought, was certainly Louis, his vicegerent here upon earth. b. Applied to priests, and spec. to the Pope, as representatives of God or Christ. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun] priesteOE presbyterOE sirec1290 beauperec1300 sirc1386 fatherhooda1393 fatherheada1434 paternity1439 pater1481 fathershipa1500 father1528 key-bearer?1531 key-keeper?1556 vicegerent1572 priestdom1588 sacerdosa1592 flasher1611 priesthooda1616 père1619 sacerdote1685 firekeeper1789 soggarth1836 priestship1868 soutane1890 joss-man1913 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun] popeeOE apostoilec1275 vicary1303 vicar1340 bridge maker1341 Antichristc1370 vicar generalc1386 Holy Fatherc1400 servant of the servants of Godc1405 His Holy Fatherhood?a1425 universal bishopc1475 holiness1502 harlot1535 papa1555 Apostolic seat1560 vicegerent1572 man of Rome1581 pontiff1583 bullman1588 apostolicship1599 Pontifex Maximus1610 infallibleship1613 sanctity1633 popeship1641 decretaliarch1656 blessedness1670 Holy seata1674 infallibilityship1679 pontifexa1680 holyshipc1680 unholiness1682 His Infallibility1834 Pape1927 1572 C. Carlile Disc. Peter f. 49 Hee onely is Antichrist that fayneth himself to do all that Christ can doo, to bee his vicegerent in earth, to sit in his place. 1593 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1877) (modernized text) 3rd Ser. 130 Unto all which things the jurisdiction and authority of the Pope, Christ's Vicar and Vicegerent, did extend. 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 7 All Protestan[t]s hold, that Christ in his Church hath left no vicegerent of his kingly power. 1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery in Wks. (1875) IV. 255 The Pope..does persecute those to the death who dare worship the Author of their Religion instead of his pretended Vice~gerent. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed vi. 81 The Priest that officiates in the Mass officiates as Christ's Vicegerent. 1841 Cardinal Wiseman in E. S. Purcell Life A. P. de Lisle (1900) I. xiii. 285 Let me know that the Vicegerent of Xt. approves of my course,..and I shall not care for all the world. 1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible (1875) ii. 78 Moses..did not affect to be, like..the Pope, the visible representative and vicegerent of God. in extended use.1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 96 They say it to Christ, whose deputie and vicegerent the Image there is. c. (a) Similarly applied to man in general or in some special respect. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [noun] maneOE worldOE all fleshc1000 mankinOE earthOE little worldc1175 man's kinda1200 mankinda1225 worldrichec1275 slimec1315 kindc1325 world1340 sectc1400 humanityc1450 microcosma1475 peoplea1500 the human kindred?1533 race1553 homo1561 humankind1561 universality1561 deadly?1590 mortality1598 rational1601 vicegerent1601 small world1604 flesh and blooda1616 mannity1621 human race1623 universea1645 nations1667 public1699 the species1711 Adamhood1828 Jock Tamson's bairns1832 folx1833 Bimana1839 human1841 peeps1847 menfolk1870 manfolk1876 amniota1879 peoplekind1956 personkind1972 1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. E4^v That this confusion is incident to our liues, is our owne fault, since the disorder of a State belongeth to..the gouernours of a State; so this to man who is Vicegerent of the earth. 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 93 Our first Parents being Gods Vicegerents here on earth, Lords of all his visible creatures. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 344 Indifferently bent to the Continuance of it, or change; as God, and his Vice-gerents, her Parents shall think fit. a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 561 [A Deity who] communicates to men a knowledge..of his purposes that they may be his vicegerents in executing them. 1861 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ xxxix. 521 A proof of man's original formation in God's image, and his original vestiture with delegated power as God's vicegerent. (b) Applied to nature, the sun, conscience, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > representative of vicara1300 vicary1303 vicegerent1646 1646 H. Peake Medit. upon Seige 76 Nature (God's great vice~gerent). 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine: 2nd Pt. ii. 82 God Almighty hath substituted the Soul of Man, as his Deputy or Vice~gerent in that Province which is committed to him. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxxiii. 556 Conscience..Gods vicegerent in the soul. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xxi. 463 When the sun is said to rule over the day,..what else can be understood but that he acts as a vicegerent. a1822 P. B. Shelley Prol. To Hellas in Relics (1862) 10 Thou Destiny,..Go, thou Vicegerent of my will, no less Than of the Father's. 1835 C. M. Sedgwick Linwoods I. iv. 108 Let man beware how he wilfully or carelessly perverts and blinds God's vicegerent, conscience. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 192 They dethroned righteousness, the representative and vice~gerent of God, and made it rest on the ground. 1881 C. A. Young Sun (1882) i. 12 It has been reserved for more modern times..to show clearly just how..the sun himself [is] the symbol and vicegerent of the Deity. d. Applied to persons as representing some other supernatural or spiritual power. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > person representing spirit vicegerent1598 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 216 Great Deputie the welkis Vizgerent, and sole dominatur of Nauar. 1615 T. Heywood Foure Prentises i. xviii Joves great Vice-gerent over all the world. 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 15 The List of his [sc. the Devil's] Vicegerents and Commanders, Outdoes your Cæsars, or your Alexanders. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 310 Now in the time's full process forth she brings Jove's dread vicegerents, in two future Kings. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. 61 Apollo, the God of Music, was their Author [of oracles]; The Pythia or Priestess was his Vice~gerent. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 181 Merciful Prophet! stretch forth thy propitious arms towards thy Vicegerent! 3. A thing which takes the place of another. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [noun] > a substitute changec1460 supplier1491 quid pro quo?1535 supply1567 vicegerent1583 substitute1589 vice1597 succedane1601 surrogate1644 succedaneum1651 succedaneum1662 vicar1676 superseder?1774 supersessor1810 locum tenens1814 supplial1837 remplaçant1850 fill-in1918 Stepney1928 stand-in1933 substituter1956 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Ccii If my lasie leggs..should deny to make this voiage, my hearte would..substitute my handes to be their vicegerentes. 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue viii. 390 The pronouns are, as their name signifies, words which are the vicegerents of nouns. 4. A vicarious bearer of sorrow. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] > sorrowful person sorrowfuleOE sorryOE woebegone?a1400 dolent1530 vicegerent1591 griever1819 1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 21^v All creatures..leauing mee as the vice-gerent of all their sorrows. B. adj. (or attributive). 1. Taking the place, or performing the functions, of another. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adjective] > that substitutes vicaryc1475 vicegerent1577 succedaneal1633 surrogatea1638 vicarious1637 succedaneous1646 substitutive1656 substitutory1664 supersessory1789 substitutional1816 supersessive1837 shadow1936 omnivicarious1949 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. ii. sig. Cccc.vj^v/1 The Scripture teacheth that Christe ascended into heauen, and hath established a Vicegerent power, to witt, the holy Ghost. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 56 But whom send I to judge them? whom but thee Vicegerent Son. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Blackmore Creation vii. 355 Next Man arose at thy Creating Word, Of Thy Terrestrial Realms Vicegerent Lord. 1749 S. Boyse Deity 17 But Conscience, fair vicegerent light within, Asserts its author. 2. Characterized by deputed or vicarious power. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > [adjective] delegatory1533 ministerial1577 vicarial1617 vicariate1619 vicary1660 vicegerent1667 procurationalc1702 vicarious1706 administrative1753 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 609 Under his great Vice-gerent Reign abide..For ever happie. View more context for this quotation 1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture ii. v. 303 The vicegerent office to be maintained, and the gracious ends to be secured, make it indispensable that parents should themselves be living in the Spirit. Derivatives viceˈgerentship n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > [noun] legacyc1384 proxy1440 vicarship1534 deputyship1587 attorneyship1598 vicegerentship1600 vicaragea1631 solicitorship1633 agenting1646 committeeship1648 representation1660 proxyship1674 proxyhood1776 surrogacy1811 assigneeship1829 locum tenency1831 delegateship1838 surrogateship1846 repping1910 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > deputy ruler > position of vicegerence1527 vicegerentship1600 vicegerency1602 vicariate1619 vicariateship1753 1600 M. Sutcliffe Briefe Replie to Libel vi. 157 Let this Noddy..shew foorth the popes commission eyther for his vicegerentship, or for his pretended apostolicke office. 1646 G. Gillespie Malè Audis 10 The capacity of a Vicegerent, which he hath by his Vicegerentship. 1646 G. Gillespie Malè Audis 35 The two fold Vicegerentship of God and of Christ. 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