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vicegerent

noun as in pope

noun as in vicar

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He could depose prelates and excommunicate the greatest personages; he enjoyed enormous revenues; he was vicegerent of the Pope.

Parental authority should be regarded as vicegerent authority, set up by God and ruling in His stead.

Startling doctrine this to the slobbering vicegerent of God, conceding to the people acts to be revoked at his pleasure.

They have ceased to believe in God; but they still believe in His self-appointed vicegerent, the Kaiser.

In these wilds Aimery was his vicegerent and bore himself proudly as the proxy of such a monarch.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to vicegerent, such as: pontiff, legate, nuncio, otho, papacy, and pontifical.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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