surrogation

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surrogation (countable and uncountable, plural surrogations)

  1. The act or result of surrogating; replacement, substitution.
    • 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Edward the Second, []”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. [], London: [] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, [], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] []), paragraph 76, page 564, column 1:
      [T]he Queene [Isabella of France], vvhen ſhee vvas [] aduertiſed of her huſbands dethronization, ſhee outvvardly expreſſed ſo great extremity of paſſion (notvvithſtanding that at the ſame time ſhee vvas tolde of her ſonnes [Edward III of England's] ſurrogation) as if ſhee had beene diſtraught in her vvittes: []
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