viceroyalty
English edit
Etymology edit
From vice- + royalty, modeled on French vice-royauté.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viceroyalty (countable and uncountable, plural viceroyalties)
- The office or term of service of a viceroy; viceroydom
- The place governed by a viceroy
- India became a viceroyalty when the British government directly annexed it in the 1850s.
Translations edit
place governed by a viceroy
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References edit
- ^ “viceroyalty”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.