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prorex [CL pro-+rex] , one who rules or exercises authority in the name or place of another, viceroy: a (applied to king’s heir crowned in his lifetime); b (applied to king’s regent). a s1170 ad talia archiepiscopus respondit se non ~regis [sc. Henrici regis junioris] coronamentum retractare, quippe qui ei quatuor talia regna ‥ libenter vellet perquirere W. Fitzst. Thom. 116. b 1545 cardinalis ‥ petit a ~rege per litteras ut designet ‥ judicem Conc. III 877b.

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