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vicegerent

/vahys-jeer-uhnt/US // vaɪsˈdʒɪər ənt //UK // (ˌvaɪsˈdʒɛrənt) //

代言人,代理人,代办人,代议人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an officer appointed as deputy by and to a sovereign or supreme chief.
    • : a deputy in general.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : exercising delegated powers.
    • : characterized by delegation of powers.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He could depose prelates and excommunicate the greatest personages; he enjoyed enormous revenues; he was vicegerent of the Pope.

  • Parental authority should be regarded as vicegerent authority, set up by God and ruling in His stead.

  • Startling doctrine this to the slobbering vicegerent of God, conceding to the people acts to be revoked at his pleasure.

  • They have ceased to believe in God; but they still believe in His self-appointed vicegerent, the Kaiser.

  • In these wilds Aimery was his vicegerent and bore himself proudly as the proxy of such a monarch.