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viceroyalty
[ vahys-roi-uhl-tee, vahys-roi- ]
noun
- the dignity, office, or period of office of a viceroy.
- a country or province ruled by a viceroy.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of viceroyalty1
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Example Sentences
This does not look like intriguing for the viceroyalty, of which Fitzwilliam evidently suspected him.
He was rewarded with the Viceroyalty of the whole of south-western China, in which region he became supreme.
Don John was, however, forced to content himself with the viceroyalty of Aragon.
The Viceroyalty of Buenos Aires was divided into several provinces and "intendencias," which later on became provinces.
The first aim of the patriots was to procure the concurrence of all the different provinces of the Viceroyalty.
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