viceroy
வைஸ்ராய்
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Having installed various Indian statesmen, religious figures and public benefactors in place of sundry British sovereigns, viceroys and generals, we have cheerfully proceeded to forget them.
a ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign.
I could tell a monarch butterfly from a viceroy , without eating it.
a migratory orange and black butterfly that closely resembles the monarch but is typically somewhat smaller. The caterpillar feeds on willow leaves, and the adult mimics the unpalatable monarch.
translation of 'Viceroy'
இராஜப்பிரதிநிதி
example
Take the oft-cited classic case of Batesian mimicry involving the dead-ringer resemblance between monarch and 'viceroy' butterflies.
The overriding authority, the 'viceroy' , whatever you wish to call him, actually has a considerable control and power, but they must be clear and honest with the local population.
Bosnia Herzegovina, for example, while it has a seat at the United Nations, is also administered by an international 'viceroy' , Lord Paddy Ashdown.
I could tell a monarch butterfly from a 'viceroy' , without eating it.
Like the proconsuls of ancient Rome, the 'viceroy' governed, administered, judged, superintended the royal treasury, was commander in chief of the army, and the vice patron of the church.
Central government remained under the control of the 'viceroy' 's Executive Council, but in the provinces a measure of self-government was conceded through the system known as dyarchy.
Of course, that's not the same as invading a country, but you get the idea: a 'viceroy' / administrator tries to handle a fiercely resentful community.
We mimic them as aptly as a 'viceroy' butterfly mimics the colouration of a monarch.
These 'viceroys' have in fact twice in the last century exercised their vice-regal powers to dismiss elected governments!
Sent back to Spain to legitimize the partners' position, he obtained a marquisate and 'viceroyship' over the still to be won province, relegating Almagro to a subordinate position.
Still in use is the old 'viceroyal' mosque, the Mesjid Raya.
Peru was the richest province of all of Spanish America and the 'viceroyship' of the area was a hugely important role.
Having installed various Indian statesmen, religious figures and public benefactors in place of sundry British sovereigns, 'viceroys' and generals, we have cheerfully proceeded to forget them.
As we said, there is very little disagreement with the longer reconstruction for the first 150 years, even to the 12-year 'viceroyship' of Jeroboam II with Jehoash.
In Naples, these lawyers were often called togati, and the 'viceroyal' administrations fostered them in all the Spanish territories in order to undermine the traditional nobility.
In 1713 he had become maestro di cappella to the Marchese Stella, succeeding Alessandro Scarlatti, and organist of the 'viceroyal' chapel.
When the Spanish Colony was established, one of the main objectives of the 'viceroyal' administration was to obtain greater financial resources for the Crown.
The British named most of them after British kings and queens and 'viceroys' .
The U.N.-paid and U.N.-sanctioned rulers of both Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina exercise powers akin to erstwhile British 'viceroys' .
During the 'viceroyal' period in the New Spain, the building belonged to the Society of Jesus.
The collapse of the Ottoman Empire following World War I and the dissolution of the British Raj three decades later replaced sultans with presidents and 'viceroys' with prime ministers.
An audit found that the entire interim government budget during his 'viceroyship' - US $8.8 billion - could not be accounted for, as there simply were no financial controls on it whatsoever.
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