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‖ ˈpro-rex Obs.
[f. L. prō, pro-1 + rex a king.]
A deputy king, a viceroy.
1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. i. i, Create him pro-rex of all Africa. 1589Nashe Anat. Absurd. Epist., As I haue no portion in any mans opinion, so am I the Prorex of my priuate thought. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 198 In the 17. year of Jehoshaphat, Jehoram his son began to reign as Pro-rex, or Vice-Roy to his father. a1679T. Goodwin Knowledge of God iii. xiii, Whilst the world stands he [Christ] governs it, easeth God of that burden, and is his prorex for him. |