Definition of "viceregency" [viceregency]

• The office or position of a viceregent (noun)
• The area ruled by a viceregent (noun)

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• "The second section describes the problems that beset the viceregency before the war erupted."
• "Individuals who have access to those metaphysical lights can be invested with the viceregency of God, depending on the degree of their receptivity and the purity of their hearts."
• "Direct intuition lies at the heart of Suhrawardi's prophetology, inasmuch as only the most perfect sage who witnesses those truths, whether he be a prophet or not, deserves God's viceregency, by being either a living proof or in occultation."