viceroyalty

English

Etymology

From vice- +‎ royalty, modeled on French vice-royauté.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaɪsˈɹɔɪəlti/

Noun

viceroyalty (countable and uncountable, plural viceroyalties)

  1. The office or term of service of a viceroy; viceroydom.
  2. The place governed by a viceroy.
    India became a viceroyalty when the British government directly annexed it in the 1850s.

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References

  1. ^ “viceroyalty”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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