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vicegerent

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vicegerent
1. a person appointed to exercise all or some of the authority of another, esp the administrative powers of a ruler; deputy
2. RC Church the pope or any other representative of God or Christ on earth, such as a bishop


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Few things seemed to Newland Archer more awful than an offence against "Taste," that far-off divinity of whom "Form" was the mere visible representative and vicegerent.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
whom but thee Vicegerent Son, to thee I have transferr'd All Judgement, whether in Heav'n, or Earth; or Hell.
Paradise Lost by Milton, John View in context
 
 
 
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