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

The head of the church was an acknowledged vicegerent of Him who was styled in scripture Lord of all the kingdoms of the earth.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas

Afterwards Ibn al-Hanafiya seems to have acknowledged him distinctly as his vicegerent.

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

The influence of Nippur had waned before that of Eridu, and out of Eridu had risen a culture-god whose son and vicegerent was the sun.

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