vicegerent

noun

1. an officer appointed as deputy by and to a sovereign or supreme chief.
2. a deputy in general.

adjective

3. exercising delegated powers.
4. characterized by delegation of powers.

noun

1. a person appointed to exercise all or some of the authority of another, esp the administrative powers of a ruler; deputy
2. RC Church the Pope or any other representative of God or Christ on earth, such as a bishop

adjective

3. invested with or characterized by delegated authority

n.

1530s, from Medieval Latin vicegerentem (nominative vicegerens), from Latin vicem “stead, place, office,” (see vicarious) + gerens, present participle of gerere “to carry” (see gest). From 1570s as an adjective.