vice chamberlain

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vice chamberlain - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vice \Vice\, a. [Cf. F. vice-. See Vice, prep.]
     Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or
     duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office
     that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice
     agent; vice consul, etc.
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     Vice admiral. [Cf. F. vice-amiral.]
     (a) An officer holding rank next below an admiral. By the
         existing laws, the rank of admiral and vice admiral in
         the United States Navy will cease at the death of the
         present incumbents.
     (b) A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords
         commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty
         jurisdiction within their respective districts.
  
     Vice admiralty, the office of a vice admiral.
  
     Vice-admiralty court, a court with admiralty jurisdiction,
        established by authority of Parliament in British
        possessions beyond the seas. --Abbott.
  
     Vice chamberlain, an officer in court next in rank to the
        lord chamberlain. [Eng.]
  
     Vice chancellor.
     (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor.
     (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain
         duties, as the conferring of degrees, in the absence of
         the chancellor.
     (c) (R. C. Ch.) The cardinal at the head of the Roman
         Chancery.
  
     Vice consul [cf. F. vice-consul], a subordinate officer,
        authorized to exercise consular functions in some
        particular part of a district controlled by a consul.
  
     Vice king, one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy.
        
  
     Vice legate [cf. F. vice-l['e]gat], a legate second in rank
        to, or acting in place of, another legate.
  
     Vice presidency, the office of vice president.
  
     Vice president [cf. F. vice-pr['e]sident], an officer next
        in rank below a president.
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