Definition of "vice-regent" []

• Of or pertaining to, or occupying the position of, a vice-regent.
• A deputy regent; one who acts in the place of a ruler, governor, or sovereign. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The Quran explains that humankind holds a privileged position among God's creations on Earth: he or she is chosen as khalifa, "vice-regent" and is entrusted with an amana - the responsibility of caring for God's earthly creations."
• "I am appointing you vice-regent in spiritual matters."
• "As such he has been made God's vice-regent, as it were."