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[ The governor. was a more imposing personage than his Vice, and was robed in character with his greater pretensions. R. Tomes, Americans in Japan, p. 157. The company.. within a quarter of an hour were all seated in the great room of the Blue Lion Inn, Muggle- ton-Mr. Dumkins acting as chairman, and Mr. Luffey officiating as vice. Dickens, Pickwick, vii. vice (vi'sē), prep. [ department of the Roman chancery which drafts and ex- pedites the bulls and briefs by which the mind of the Pope is made known to Christen dom, or to particular suitors. Rom. Cath. Dict., p. 241. - A e or of the vice-chan- vice-chancellorship (vis-chan's el-or-ship), n. [ They have great expectations from your Vice -Chancel- lorship [at Oxford), which I hope is not far off. E. Gibson, in Ellis's Lit. Letters, p. 235. He [the German chancellor] is thus, in effect, ultimately responsible in every case-even for the non-exercise of his office. The vice - chancellorship is only a convenience. W. Wilson, State, § 426. IMG:content-1827.png:[blocks in formation] These Port graves are also in divers Records called Vice- comites, Vicounties, or Sheriffes, as being under an Earle; for that they then, as since, used that office as the Sher- iffes of London doe till this day. Stow, Survey of London (ed. 1633), p. 536. Even before his recognition as mayor, his signature, when he signs a document, comes first on the roll after that Quoted in The Academy, March 14, 1891, p. 260. of the vice comes.