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a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc. There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king. 1 Kings xxii. 47. God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight. Shak.

other, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.

A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.

Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. Mozley & W.

A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

Fit to be deputed; suitable to act as a deputy. Carlyle.

The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency. The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God. South.

To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate. There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2. Sam. xv. 3. Some persons, deputed by a meeting. Macaulay.

To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.

To pick out; to select; to choose. The deputy elected by the Lord. Shak.

the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.

A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.

tary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister. Liddel & Scott.

A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.

and exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county. -- Lord of misrule, the master of the revels at Christmas in a nobleman's or other great house. Eng. Cyc.…

A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.

A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.

ho has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death.

A petty or deputy pope.