| 词汇 | vicegerent |
| 释义 | vicegerent noun[ C ] formaluk /ˌvaɪsˈdʒer.ənt/ us /ˌvaɪsˈdʒiːr.ənt/ a person, especially the Pope, who is chosen to represent God or a god on the Earth: The Pope is recognized as Christ's vicegerent by Roman Catholics. He venerated the emperor as God's vicegerent on earth. a person who is chosen to represent a ruler or other person with authority: He now ruled over the princess's kingdom as her vicegerent. The king entrusted his kingdom to his vice-gerent. The emperors presumed to control the civil and spiritual affairs of men, as God's vicegerents on earth. As the king was God’s vicegerent on earth, the king’s duty was to be the conscience of his people. All the great kings of ancient times posed as the chief priests and vicegerents of their gods. The king appointed multiple vicegerents during his voyage abroad in 1536. He is not the sultan, but a vicegerent under his superior. People in charge of or controlling other people acephalous administrator anti-management authority bureaucrat controller council counter-power dean deputy manipulator mistress movers and shakers multi-headed officer troika tsar vice presidency vice president vicegerency You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Replacing and exchanging Related wordvicegerency |
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