viceroyalty

noun — 2 senses

viceroyalty

noun

/vaɪsˈɹɔɪəlti/

Etymology From vice- + royalty, modeled on French vice-royauté.

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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