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Answer for the clue "A district or province governed by a viceroy ", 11 letters:
viceroyalty

Word definitions for viceroyalty in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Viceroyalty was a local, political, social and administrative institution created by The Spanish Monarchy in the XV century for ruling in its territorial overseas territories. The administration over the vast territories of the Spanish Empire was carried ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The office or term of service of a viceroy 2 The place governed by a viceroy

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a district or province governed by a viceroy

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Viceroyalty \Vice*roy"al*ty\, n. The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy.

Usage examples of viceroyalty.

The writer of the letter was banished to Marseilles, or to the Island of Hyeres, but the individual who dictated it continued a Marshal, a Prince, and a Governor-General, and still looked forward to the Viceroyalty of Poland!

I call those second-rate fortunes, that are gained by manufacturing enterprises, joint-stock companies, viceroyalties, and principalities, not drawing more than 1,500,000 francs, the whole forming a capital of about fifty millions.

It had been transmitted from Planetary Proconsulate to Prefecture, and from Prefecture to Viceroyalty, and from there to Odin, all by ship.