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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F., fr. LL.

vice-dominus

, fr. L.

vice

instead of +

dominus

master, lord.]

(Fr. Feud. Law)

One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.

vidame ‎(plural vidames)

(historical) One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles.