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ules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.

The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy.

Viceroyalty.

An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

ntences. "Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him." Shak. -- Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.

A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in 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 title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.

A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.

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.

Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.

A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar. [India]

A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army. [India]

provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence. His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province. Addison.

A viceroy or governor-general, the highest provincial official in China, with civil and military authority over one or more provinces.

a district controlled by a consul. -- Vice king, one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy. -- Vice legate Etym: [cf. F. vice-légat], a legate second in rank to, or acting in place of, another legate. -- Vice presidency, the office of vice president. -- Vice president Etym: [cf. F. vice-président], an officer…

Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty. Macaulay.