vicegerent
noun
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Pronunciation: /vaɪsˈd͡ʒɪəɹənt/
adj
Etymology: From Latin vicegerens.
- Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.
“But whom ſend I to judge them? whom but thee / Vicegerent Son, to thee I have transferr'd / All Judgement whether in Heav'n, or Earth, or Hell”
noun
Etymology: From Latin vicegerens.
- The official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.
“1644, Samuel Rutherford, Lex Rex, or The Law and the Prince, 1846, The Presbyterian's Armoury, Volume 3, 211, But why are not the kings, even Nero, Julian, Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar, vicegerents of Christ, as mediator, as priest, as redeemer, as prophet, as advocate, presenting our prayers to God his father?”
“1876, The Month, volume 25, 139, In 1574, James, Cardinal Savelli, the Cardinal Vicar, a prelate most exact in sacred and ecclesiastical ceremonies, appointed him his suffragan, or as it would now be termed, Vicegerent.”