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infirmity (iou) and Peru, Viceroyalty of (sh)


infirmity (iou)



infirmity noun. LME.
[Latin infirmitas, formed as INFIRM adjective: see -ITY.]
Weakness or lack of strength; lack of power to do something; an instance of this. LME.
b. Lack of validity in an argument or title. E17.
Physical weakness, debility, frailty of body, etc., resulting from some defect, disease, or (esp.) old age; a specific physical weakness; esp. a failing in one of the faculties. Formerly also, an illness. LME.
(A) weakness or defect of character; (a) moral weakness or frailty. LME.
A noxious vegetative growth. rare. L16-M18.

Peru, Viceroyalty of (sh)




Second of the four viceroyalties established by Spain to govern its Domains in the Americas.

Founded in 1543, it initially included most of South America, but it lost jurisdiction over much of its territory to Other viceroyalties over time. Peru, with its wealth of silver, was considered Spain's most valuable possession in the Americas. By the late 18th century, Indian rebellions had destabilized the region, and the viceroyalty was unable to defend itself when the revolutionary forces of Jose de San Martin entered Lima in 1821. It became part of Peru and Chile in 1824. See also New Granada; New Spain; Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata.