viceroy
/ˈvʌɪsrɔɪ
/noun
A ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign.Having installed various Indian statesmen, religious figures and public benefactors in place of sundry British sovereigns, viceroys and generals, we have cheerfully proceeded to forget them....
- The overriding authority, the viceroy, whatever you wish to call him, actually has a considerable control and power, but they must be clear and honest with the local population.
- The British named most of them after British kings and queens and viceroys.
Derivatives
viceroyal
- In Naples, these lawyers were often called togati, and the viceroyal administrations fostered them in all the Spanish territories in order to undermine the traditional nobility.
- During the viceroyal period in the New Spain, the building belonged to the Society of Jesus.
- When the Spanish Colony was established, one of the main objectives of the viceroyal administration was to obtain greater financial resources for the Crown.
viceroyship
- An audit found that the entire interim government budget during his viceroyship - US $8.8 billion - could not be accounted for, as there simply were no financial controls on it whatsoever.
- Peru was the richest province of all of Spanish America and the viceroyship of the area was a hugely important role.
- As we said, there is very little disagreement with the longer reconstruction for the first 150 years, even to the 12-year viceroyship of Jeroboam II with Jehoash.
Origin
Early 16th century: from archaic French, from vice- 'in place of' + roi 'king'.