Vidame

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vidame \Vi*dame"\, n. [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.
     [1913 Webster]