Definition of "viceroyalty" []

• The office, authority, or term of service of a viceroy. (noun)
• A district or province governed by a viceroy. (noun)

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• "Mexico, capital of the viceroyalty of New Spain, was built upon the ruins of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, after it was destroyed by the troops of Hernán Cortés."
• "The viceroyalty of New Spain, created in 1535, included under one generic title a whole range of different, vast territories, ranging from the kingdom of Guatemala to the rich mining regions of the north, which were organized around one hub: the city of Mexico."
• "Commonly, these divine members of the medical marketplace — the virgins and Christ figures that became important locally, and some, such as the Virgin of Guadalupe, throughout the viceroyalty — were the last to be appealed to in the "hierarchy of resort," an indication of desperation when other earthly measures had failed."