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vicegerency|vaɪsˈdʒɪərənsɪ|
[See next and -ency. So mod.L. vicegerentia (1601 in Du Cange), It. vicegerenza.]
1. The office, dignity, or rule of a vicegerent; the fact of ruling or administering as representative of another.
1596Drayton Legends iv. 511 But to the great Vice⁓gerencie I grew, Being a Title as Supreme as new. 1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 119 If euery Priest shold take place agreeing to their Vice-gerencie vnder Christ, there could be no order kept. 1641Milton Prel. Episc. Wks. 1851 III. 73 Timothy, and Titus,..had rather the vicegerency of an Apostleship committed to them, then the ordinary charge of a Bishoprick. a1668Davenant Law agst. Lovers Wks. (1673) 323 The Duke,..During the time of your Vicegerency, Remain'd here in disguise. 1702Sacheverell Serm. Univ. Oxford (1710) 9 The highest indignity..to any crown'd head is..denying its vice-gerency. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. III. App. 75 James was vaunting his divine vicegerency. 1845R. W. Hamilton Pop. Educ. ix. 224 To gain a just conception of civil government... If it be that Divine vicegerency which many have described [etc.]. 1891Daily News 29 Dec. 6/1 He has..put to death more than forty persons who have dared to question his authority or argued against his vicegerency.
transf.1711G. Hickes Two Treat. Chr. Priesth. I. ii. 16 This Vicegerency, or mediatory Office to transact and minister in sacred Matters betwixt God and Man.
b. A district or province ruled by a vicegerent.
1865W. G. Palgrave Arabia I. vi. 244 History and tradition record no rebellious outbreak of any importance during their sway among the numerous vicegerencies of Arabia.
†2. Vicarious nature or character. Obs.
1671J. Flavel Fount Life vii. 18 His sanctifying himself for us plainly speaks the Vicegerency of his Death. 1679C. Nesse Antichrist 24 Antichrist..signifies substitution and vice-gerency. |