in one's stead
prep_phrase/ɪn wʌns ˈstɛd/US
Etymology
From Middle English in ones stede, equivalent to in + one’s + stead (“function or position of someone or something, as taken on by a successor; (obsolete) place, spot”).
- derived from in ones stede
Definitions
In place of someone or something.
- Then the people of the land tooke Jehoahaz the ſon of Joſiah, and made him King in his fathers ſtead in Ieruſalem.
The neighborhood
- neighborin good stead
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for in one's stead. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA