About The Word Legate
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Legate
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What's The Definition Of Legate?
[n] a member of a legation
Synonyms | Synonyms for Legate: official emissary Related Terms | Find terms related to Legate: ambassador | ambassadress | apostolic delegate | attache | career diplomat | chancellor | charge | commercial attache | commissar | commissary | commissionaire | commissioner | consul | consul general | consular agent | delegate | diplomat | diplomatic | diplomatic agent | diplomatist | emissary | envoy | envoy extraordinary | foreign service officer | herald | internuncio | messenger | military attache | minister | minister plenipotentiary | minister resident | nuncio | plenipotentiary | resident | secretary | secretary of legation | vice-consul | vice-legate See Also | emissary | envoy | foreign mission | legation Legate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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