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- noun
joint ruler orregent
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Examples
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As coregent with Empress Nuharoo until her sons maturity,
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Belshazzar was serving as coregent of the Babylonian empire along with his father, Nabonidus, who came to power in a line of kings following the great Nebuchadnezzar.
Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008
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Belshazzar was serving as coregent of the Babylonian empire along with his father, Nabonidus, who came to power in a line of kings following the great Nebuchadnezzar.
Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008
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Gradually, Hatshepsut became senior coregent and assumed the name, powers, and even the likeness of a king.
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"My particular quarry was the burial place of Nefertiti, Akhenaten's wife and coregent (who, I concluded, had been buried in the Valley as and when she died)," says Reeves.
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Amenemhet made his eldest son, Sesostris (Senusret) his coregent, a practice which persisted through the dynasty.
d. The Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period (11th-17th Dynasties) 2001
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After the coregent rode toward the stables, the two angels followed, trailed by Sylenia and Weryl, letting Fornal enter the stables first.
The Chaos Balance Modesitt, L. E. 1997
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"Everything will need work," answered the coregent.
The Chaos Balance Modesitt, L. E. 1997
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The coregent gestured toward the far side of the valley.
The Chaos Balance Modesitt, L. E. 1997
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CXXV GETHEN DID NOT unroll the scroll he held as he sat in the green upholstered armchair across the ancient carpet from his daughter and coregent.
The Chaos Balance Modesitt, L. E. 1997
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