vicegerent
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- noun
- /ˈvaɪsˌdʒɛrənt/
- Formal
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- The king appointed his nephew as the vicegerent to oversee the administration of the distant province.
Examples
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Indeed, the Eastern Roman Emperor was "God's vicegerent on earth." The Byzantine emperors certainly had trouble with patriarchs from time to time, and there was the whole iconoclasm back and forth, but nothing like the West's Investiture Controversy established church supremacy over the emperor.
Blog text (6) -
It has professed to act as the vicegerent of Heaven, while seeking to exalt itself above God and to change His law.
Blog text (30) -
I testify that there is no God but the one God, and that Muhammad is his messenger, and that Ali is his vicegerent.
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That title is this: Vicarious filii Dei: "Vicegerent of the Son of God."
Blog text (30) -
For the latter, it is a key to perceiving the hierarchy and humankind's elevated position in it as vicegerent of creation.
Academic text (1994) -
To humankind is given the role of khalifa (trustee): "Behold, the Lord said to the angels: 'I will create a vicegerent on earth ...'" (Q. 2:30).
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During his absence, the vicegerent made crucial decisions that affected the entire kingdom.
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The vicegerent represented the ruler at the important conference, discussing matters of trade and diplomacy.
Synonyms
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A person who acts for a leader when they are absent
A person who rules for a regent or king when they are absent
A person who helps and acts for someone in charge
Surface Forms
Morphology
vicegerent = gerent (semi-transparent) = vice + gerent
The prefix 'vice-' (meaning deputy/in place of) makes the idea of a deputy predictable, but the base element 'gerent' is rare/archaic and not familiar to most learners, so derivation is only partly accessible.
Etymology
Vicegerent comes from the Latin parts vice- meaning 'in the place of', as in vice-president, and the idea of a regent ('to rule'), so a vicegerent is someone chosen to act and rule in the place of the ruler.