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legate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[e^]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus fr legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute, fr lex, legis, law: cf F. l['e]gat, It legato. See {Legal}.] 1. An ambassador or envoy. 2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a}) Legates a latere, now always cardinals. They are called ordinary or extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces, and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on extraordinary occasions. ({b}) Legati missi, who correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments. ({c}) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague. 3. (Rom. Hist.) a An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province. b Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: legate n : a member of a legation [syn: {official emissary}]
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