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Legate

Legate Definition And Meaning
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.

Legate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Legate?

[n] a member of a legation

Synonyms | Synonyms for Legate: official emissary

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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