surrogate

[Lat. surrogatus, pa. par. of surrogo=to substitute, to elect in place of another; sur (for sub )=under, and rogo =to ask, to elect.] 1. Generally a deputy, a substitute, a delegate, a person appointed to act for another; specifically, the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, who grants marriage licenses and probates. 2. An officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and the settlement of estates. *sur-ro-gāte, v. t . [SURROGATE, 8.] To put in the place of another; To substitute. "But this earthly Adam failing in his office, the heavenly was surrogated in his roo me, who is able to save to the utmost." - More: Works. (Pref. General.)