Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or relating to a viceroy or viceroyalty: as, viceregal power.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to a viceroy
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Examples
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As long as he is humble not vice-regal, Cameron could take some tricks.
Alex Salmond does not make Scottish independence inexorable | Martin Kettle 2012
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In New Spain, a royal protomédico was quickly appointed by the newly established town council to control the rapidly increasing numbers of practitioners already operating in the vice-regal capital.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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Of those who did not buy commissions, their training was received at one of 117 military escuelas virreinales (vice-regal schools), known to be hotbeds of anti-republican sentiment.
Mexico's Niños Heroes ("heroic children"): reality or myth... 2008
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Of those who did not buy commissions, their training was received at one of 117 military escuelas virreinales (vice-regal schools), known to be hotbeds of anti-republican sentiment.
Mexico's Niños Heroes ("heroic children"): reality or myth... 2008
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Of those who did not buy commissions, their training was received at one of 117 military escuelas virreinales (vice-regal schools), known to be hotbeds of anti-republican sentiment.
Mexico's Niños Heroes ("heroic children"): reality or myth... 2008
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They also looked to the alter pieces and carved relief work on the exterior of the churches that were produced during the vice-regal period.
Modern Mexican Sculpture (A Blending of Old World and New World Sensibility) 2007
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I am so sick of these crims hiding behind their vice-regal honours.
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They also looked to the alter pieces and carved relief work on the exterior of the churches that were produced during the vice-regal period.
Modern Mexican Sculpture (A Blending of Old World and New World Sensibility) 2007
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The beneficiaries of the vice-regal system of the former Raj clearly do not like the idea of a true Pakistani native son to become president.
Farahnaz Ispahani: Another Step Toward a Truly Democratic Pakistan 2008
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Senators are appointed by the Governor General (appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as her vice-regal to Canada) for each province and territory on the recommendation of the Prime Minister and hold office until age 75.
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