vicegerent

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They were the years when Coolidge said of war debts, "They hired the money," when Charles Dawes was Coolidge's vicegerent in Europe, wearing laurels won with the Dawes Plan.

From Time Magazine Archive

The vicegerent of the vicariate of Rome splashed the stone with holy water.

From Time Magazine Archive

In tongue she was very sharp, and in secret was proud of the power she possessed in making the vicegerent of God afraid of her.

From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida

As the direct representatives and plenipotentiaries of the vicegerent of God the legates carried and exercised the supreme authority of the Holy See into the remotest corners of Christendom.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

I am His sword, His weapon and His vicegerent.

From Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 1 The First Twelve Months of War by Raemaekers, Louis