Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Viceroyalty.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy; viceroyalty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Viceroyalty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
office orterm of aviceroy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the position of viceroy
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Examples
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The viceroyship is the highest appointive office in the world.
East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Frederic Courtland Penfield 1888
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Council of State, under the short viceroyship of Elliot, influenced, for his own ends or from jealousy, the English in Corsica against Paoli.
Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads C. B. Black
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Better for him had he never insisted upon viceroyship!
1492, 1922
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He shall be granted one tenth of all gold, pearls, precious stones, spices, or other merchandise found or bought or exchanged within his admiralty and viceroyship, and this tithe is likewise to be taken by his heirs from generation to generation.
1492, 1922
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He shall be granted one tenth of all gold, pearls, precious stones, spices, or other merchandise found or bought or exchanged within his admiralty and viceroyship, and this tithe is likewise to be taken by his heirs from generation to generation.
1492 Mary Johnston 1903
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Better for him had he never insisted upon viceroyship!
1492 Mary Johnston 1903
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On the return of Li Hung Chang to Pekin, he not only failed to recover the viceroyship of Chihli, but he found his relations with the
China Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890
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The Emperor Taoukwang rewarded him with the important viceroyship of the Two Kiang, the seat of which administration is at
China Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890
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Calcutta, capital of British India, 205-219; viceroyship of Lord Curzon, 217, 218;
East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Frederic Courtland Penfield 1888
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Sea, without bargaining for the viceroyship of the countries he discovered, or for a tenth of all their resources and trade.
Amerigo Vespucci Frederick Albion Ober 1881
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