vice 
7. ['"/'.] 'Hi' 1 stock buffoon in tin- olil Kii(,'lisli 
. whn in' thr nl. 1. 1 Iniiiiiiiionii is genrrally empowered I 
moralities, or moral ]ilays. sometimes having ,,;,.,,..,.,. .,,, .ancellor, and IsMn f 
I lie mil if one specific vice, as fraud, /.<//, 
0747 viceroy 
so styled vicr-chancrUiir. (ft) An officer of a university vice-king (vis-king'), . One who acts in tlic 
place of a king : a viceroy. 
s, sometimes of I'icv in general. See 
liiiiinifi/, I. 
Like In llie.ild IV.v, . . . 
\\ h.i, with dagger of lath, 
In hi* rage iiinl his wrath 
i 'lies, all, ha! to the devil. 
,s'/i,i*., T. N., iv. 2. 134. 
Now issued In from the reareward madam Vice, or old 
Iniiiuitie, with 11 lath dagger painted, according to the 
fashion of old Vice In a comedy. 
(hde'i Aliaanadce (1018), p. 12. (Xarei.) 
When every great man had his Vice stand by him 
la his long mat, shaking his woollen dagger. 
/;. ./.,, Devil is an ABB, L 1. 
= Syn. 3 and 4. //.i'/"/'y, eii . See crime. 
vice a , and r. See vim:' 1 . 
Vice :i (vis), . [< vice-, prefix, in the words 
concerned.] A vice-chairman, vice-president, 
or other substitute or deputy, the principal or 
primary officer being indicated by the context. 
The governor . . . was a more imposing personage than 
his Vice, and was robed in character with his greater 
I shall most sojourn In V.rmandy . 
And thoil he my vicr-lciii'j In Knt'laii.1. 
ii/xiii, llarol'l 
:i.|ni.ni-h ativ.- ..til. .1 
I ... tarried out the whole Act In St. Marie's, the long 
speeches of the Proctors, the Vice-ClianceUor. the several! 
Professors. Kvtlyn, Diary, July 10, 1664. 
I have received your Letter, with the enclosed from the 
IV.'. OftntMfeW ami II.M.I-, of >oin- fain. HI- I nivi-il>, VlCe-lCgatC (VliVleg at ;. H. 
myself an unlit ..l.jirl In mich manner to be saluted by 
such reverend persons. 
Thomat Adamt, In Ellis's Lit. Letters, p. 147. 
<<) In the Rom. Cath. Ch., the cardinal at the head of the 
department of the Roman chancery which drafts an. I \ 
pedites the bulls and briefs by which the mind of the Pope 
is made known to Christendom, or to particular suitors. 
Rom. Can,. i>i,-t.. p. 241.- AMMisor of the vice-chan- 
cellor, see .,.. vicennial" ( vi-sen'i'al), . [Cf. F. rfc*n/m/ = 
Sp. viceual = Pg. vicemial = It. vicemnale, < U.. 
iK'innalis, of twenty years, < L. vicennium, a pe- 
riod of twenty years, < vicirx, twenty times (< 
rigiiiH, twenty), + annul, year.] 1. Lastingor 
continuing twenty years: as, a vicennial char- 
About that time, Tamaaew, the viee-Kng, became prom 
in.-at a a i.-l>.]. The Century, XXX N I li 
_ .. A subordinate or 
deputy" legate. 
viceman, . See viseman. 
vicenary (viu'e-na-ri), . [< L. viccnarius, of 
or pertaining to the number twenty, < 
rarely viijent, twenty each, distributive of n- 
i/iii/i. twenty: see tumiij.] Belonging to or 
consisting of twenty. 
vice-chancellorship (vis-chan'sel-or-ship), . 
[<tM(v-i'A//ri //() + -ttlii/i.] The office ordignity 
of a vice-chancellor. 
K. GibKn, In Ellis's Lit. Letters, p. 235. 
He (the German chancellor] Is thus, In effect, ultimately 
responsible In every case even for the non-eiercise of 
ter or license. 2. Happening once in twcnl> 
years: as, a i-ii-rmiinl commemoration. Vloen- 
pretensions. It. Tomes, Americans in Japan, p. 15' 
The company. . . within a quarter of an hour were all vic6COm.68t (vi'se-ko'mez), n. ; pi. vicecomiten 
seated in the great room of the lllue Lion Inn, Muggle- 
ton Mr. Dumklns acting as chairman, and Mr. Lulley 
officiating as vice. Dickent, Pickwick, vli. 
vice 4 (vi'se), prep. [< L. rii-i-, in t he place (of), 
instead (of) (followed by a genitive), abl. of 
*vix, gen. vicis, etc., change, alternation, akin 
to Gr. eiKfiv, yield, AS. wican, etc., yield: see 
tce.til:, ii/r/,i. irirkcr.] In the place of ; instead 
of: a Latin noun used in a position which 
gives it, as transferred to English, the effect of 
a preposition governing the following noun : yice-constable (vis-kun'sta-bl), n. A deputy 
as, Lieutenant A is gazetted as captain, vice cons t a ble. 
Captain B promoted. 
vice- (vis). [< vice*. Hence rice 3 . 
Each party holds during that summer a great conven- 
tion composed of party delegates from all part* of the 
Union, and nominates the candidates of Its choice for the 
presidency and viec-preridency. 
W. Wilton, The State, 1 10M. 
This prefix 
appears as vis-, formerly also vi- t in viscount.'] 
A prefix denoting, in the word compounded with 
it, one who acts in place of another, or one who vice-consul (vis-kon'sul), n 
is second in rank: as, vice-president, vice-chan- 
cellor. It is sometimes used alone as a noun, the word 
for which it stands being indicated by the conteit. Vice- 
in some cases indicates a deputy appointed by the princi- 
pal ottlcer or authority, and receiving his power by delega- 
tion, as in the case of a viceroy or vicegerent ; and in other 
cases it indicates an alternative officer, alternate, or sub- 
stitute appointed or elected by the same power as the pri- 
mary officer, and receiving his power not by delegation, but 
directly in the same manner as the primary officer, and 
having no power to act in place of the primary officer ex- 
cept In case of a vacancy or, it may be, absence or disabil- 
ity, in which case he acts not under the direction of the VlCe-COnSUlShip (vis-kon SUl-shlp), . 
primary officer, but independently as a substitute. This 
is the nature of the office of vice-president or vice-chair- 
man. 
vice-admiral (vis-ad'mi-ral), n. A degree of the 
rank of admiral. See admiral, 2. 
The vice-admiral In the middle of the fleet, with a great 
squadron uf gallics, struck sail directly. 
Knollei, Hist Turks. 
his'offlce. The vice-chanceUonhip Is only a convenience, jjjjj prescription in Scott lav, a prescription of twenty 
W. WOton, State, 1428. yetn: ,/theTeMer prescriptions, pleadable against 
, iv ^ wi ^St (vi'se-ko'mez), n.; pi. vicecomites holograph bonds not attested by wltnesie*. 
(-kom'i-tez). [ML.: see viteount.] A viscount vice-presidency (vis-prez i-den-si),w. | 
or sheriff. presulen(t) + -cy.] The office or term of vice- 
These Portgraves are also In divers Records called Vice- president. 
cmnitex, Vicounties, or Sherlffes, as being under an Earlc ; 
for that they then, as since, used that office as the Sher- 
iff es of l...n.ion doe till this day. 
Stow, Survey of London (ed. 1633), p. 530. 
Even before his recognition as mayor, his signature, 
when he signs a document, comes first on the roll after that vice-president (vis-prez'i-<lent), n. An officer 
* ,n The Academy. March 14, , p. m who ^.1 in ^ tofill %&% 
absence of the president. The Vice-Presldent of the 
United States is chosen by the electors at the same time 
with the President; on the resignation, removal, death, 
or disability of the latter he succeeds to the office of Presl 
dent. He is, unless he has succeeded to the Presidency 
as above, the presiding officer of the Senate. 
Vice-presidentship (vis-prez'i-dent-ship), n. [< 
vice-president + -ship.] The office of vice-presi- 
Sir Ralph Ashton was accordingly appointed Vice-Con- 
gtable hac vice, to exercise all the powers of the Lord IJigh 
Constable for the particular emergency. 
J. Uairdner, Richard III., iv. 
One who acts in 
the place of a consul ; a subordinate officer to 
whom special consular functions are delegated 
in a district already under the general super- 
vision of a consul, or to whom consular func- 
tions are assigned in a district not of sufficient 
importance to require the presence of a consul. 
The Europeans have their vicc-contuli and factors here 
to transact their business, and letters are brought regu- 
dent; vice-presidency. 
The vice-nrtridentihip being a sinecure, a second-rate 
man agreeable to the wire-pullers is always smuggled in. 
The chance of succession to the presldenUhip IB too dis- 
tant to be thought of. Bayehot, Eng. Const, p. 76. 
vice-principal (vis-prin' si-pal), . A deputy or 
assistant principal : as, the rice-principal of an 
academy. 
arly from Alexandria by land, to be sent by boats to Cairo. - . - 
Pococlce, Description of the East, 1. 14. vice-queen (vis-kwen'), M. A woman who rules 
s 
coii,F-4- -ship.] The office or duties of a vice- 
consul. 
The vicc-eomndtliip was soon after filled. 
S. II. Yatet, Fifty Years of London Life. 
i-dean (vis-den',, 
drals, a canon annually chosen to represent the 
dean in his absence. 2. A subdean. 
power. 
To the great Vicegerency I grew, 
Being a title as supreme as new. 
Drayton, Legend of Thomas Cromwell, st. 64. 
Vicegerency and deputation under God. South. 
Pope poisoned pope, contending for Uod's mcenerency. 
Landor, Imag. Conv., Archdeacon Hare and Landor. 
Is yonder squalid peasant all 
That this proud nursery could breed 
For God's Vicegerency and stead ? 
Kmerton, Monadnoc. 
<ttffs^:'%&si^'&^ 
Vice-admiralty courts, tribunals established in Brit- 
ish possessions beyond the seas, with Jurisdiction over 
maritime causes, including those relating to prize. 
vice-agent (vis-a'jent), M. One who acts for 
another; especially, a subordinate agent; the 
agent of an agent. 
She cannot content the Lord with performance of his 
discipline that hath at her side a vassal whom Satan hath 
made his vice agent to cross whatsoever the faithful should 
do. Tertuttian, quoted in Hooker's Eccles. Polity, v. 41. 
vice-bitten (vis'bifn), a. Corrupted with vice ; 
given over to evil courses. 
A man vice-bitten. 
Richardson, Sir Charles Grandison, VI. 181. (Davict.) 
vice-chairman (vis-char'man), . An alternate 
chairman. See vice-. 
vice-chairmanship (vis -char 'man -ship), n. 
[< vice-chairman + -ship.] The office or duties 
of a vice-chairman. 
vice-chamberlain (vis-cham'ber-lan), n. The 
deputy of a chamberlain; in the royal house- 
hold of England, the deputy of the lord cham- 
berlain. 
The chamberlains [at Worcester] are annually elected, 
at the same time as the mayor and aldermen. . . . Their 
business, which is performed by a deputy called a Vice- 
chamberlain, is to receive the rents and keep all the ac- 
counts of the corporation. 
Municip. Corp. Report!, 1S35, p. 164. 
vice-chancellor (vis-chan'sel-or), n. The dep- 
uty or substitute of a chancellor. Specifically 
(a) One of three judges in the chancery division of the 
High Court of Justice in England, holding a separate vice-governor (vis-guv'er-nor) , 
vicegerent (vis-je'rent), a. and . [< OF. n'ce- 
gerent, F. vicegerent, <. ML. ficegeren(l-)s, vicege- 
rent; as vice- + gerent.] I. a. Having or ex- 
ercising delegated power ; acting in the place 
of another, as by substitution or deputation. 
Under his great vicegerent reign abide 
United, as one individual soul. 
J/itton, P. L., v. 609. 
II. n. An officer deputed by a superior or 
by proper authority to exercise the powers of 
as the substitute or deputy of a king or of a 
queen ; a viceroy's wife. Sue vice-king. [Bare.] 
(It was] their [the Marquis and Marchioness of Lome's) 
common wish that they should proceed to India as Viceroy 
and Vicemwtn; . . . but there were political objections 
to the step. T. H. S. iVott, Society In London, 1. 11. 
1. In British cathe- yi ce . rec tor (vis-rek'tor), n. [ML. ricerertor; as 
' rice- + rector.] A deputy or assistant rector. 
Wesel was one of the professors at Erfurt between 1445 
and 1456, and was ncr-rertnr in 1458. 
Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 503. 
viceregal (vis-re'gal), a. Of or relating to a 
viceroy or viceroy alty: as, viceregal power. 
In Manitoba there are separate Roman Catholic schools, 
and these might lie protected under the same statute 
[British North America Act] by the Viceregal veto. 
Sir C. W. DiUce, Probs. of Greater Britain, L 2. 
vice-regent (vis-re'jent), a. and . I. n. Of 
or pertaining to, or occupying the position of, a 
vice-regent. 
The [German] Emperor's own will or that of the vice-re- 
gent Chancellor Is the real centre and source of all policy ; 
the heads of department are ministers of that will. 
IT. rOom, The state, 1 1149. 
H. . A deputy regent; one who acts in the 
place of a ruler, governor, or sovereign. 
The five Ephors (or Overseers, for such is the meaning of 
the title) were originally mere deputies of the kings, ap- 
pointed to assist them in the performance of their judicial 
duties, to act as vice-rrgentt in the absence of their royal 
principals : ... In short, to serve In all things as the as- 
sistants of the kings. IT. Wilton, The State, 1 104. 
court, whose decisions are subject to appeal to the lords 
justices of appeal and to the House of Lords, of which the 
lord chancellor is head. There is, besides, a vice-chan- 
cellor of the Court of Chancery in Ireland ; the judge of 
the local Court of Chancery of the Duchy of Lancaster is 
the higher authority; one having a delegated viceroy (vis'roi), . [< OF. viceroy, F. viceroi 
. _j ..... .._-_ =Pg. vicerei = It. vicere,< ML. vicerei, viceroy; 
as pice- + roy.] 1. A vice-king; the governor 
of a kingdom or colony, who rules in the name 
of the king (or queen), as the deputy of the 
sovereign : as, the viceroy of India or of Ireland. 
This Cittie (Caer, Cairo] standeth in the land of Eglpt 
and is vnder the gonernment of the great Turke. And 
there Is a king oner the saide Cittie, who Is called the 
king of the great Caer, and ye Wia Roy or Lleftenant to 
the great Turke. B. Webbe, Travels (ed. Arber), p. 21. 
We are so far from having a king that even the t>em>y 
is generally absent four fifths of his time. S*\ft. 
2. The archippus, a handsomely colored Amer- 
ican butterfly, Basilarchia archipi>n*, formerly 
known as Limenitis dijrippiifi. It is orange-red with 
power; a deputy ; a vicar. 
All Protestants hold that Christ in his Church hath left 
no Vicegerent of his Power ; but himself without Deputy- 
is the only Head therof, governing it from Heaven. 
Milton, Free Commonwealth. 
Distant nations looked on the Pope as the vicegerent of 
the Almighty, the oracle of the All-wise. 
llacaulay, Machiavelli. 
The temporal sword came too often into collision with 
the spiritual the divine vicegerent at Westminster with 
the divine vicegerent at Rome. Stabbt, Const. Hist, { 461. 
A deputy 
rovernor . a lieutenant-governor. 
' 
The vice-governor of the islands was invited on one oc- 
caslon to dine on board the Marcnesa. 
Edinburgh Rev., CLXVI. 322. 
