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

The vicegerent had taken to himself all the attributes of the deity, the adopted son succeeded to the rights and powers of his divine father.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The Koran is law, the Shah being looked upon as the vicegerent of the prophet.

From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by Alden, John B.

Abbas, the vicegerent of Ali at Basra and ancestor of the future Abbasid dynasty, was in command.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various