vicegerent
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The vicegerent of the vicariate of Rome splashed the stone with holy water.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
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)
Subprior, sub′prī-or, n. the vicegerent, deputy, or assistant of a prior.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
