Definition of "viceroyship" []

• Viceroyalty. (noun)

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• "The viceroyship is the highest appointive office in the world."
• "Council of State, under the short viceroyship of Elliot, influenced, for his own ends or from jealousy, the English in Corsica against Paoli."
• "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."