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Webster 1913 Edition


Legate

Leg′ate

(lĕg′ā̍t)
,
Noun.
[OE.
legat
, L.
legatus
, fr.
legare
to send with a commission or charge, to depute, fr.
lex
,
legis
, law: cf. F.
légat
, It.
legato
. See
Legal
.]
1.
An ambassador or envoy.
2.
An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.
☞ 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Legate

LEG'ATE

,
Noun.
[L. legatus, from lego, to send. See Lackey.]
1.
An embassador; but especially,
2.
The pope's embassador to a foreign prince or state; a cardinal or bishop sent as the pope's representative or commissioner to a sovereign prince. Legates are of three kinds; legates a latere, or counselors and assistants of his holiness, legates de latere, who are not cardinals, and legates by office.

Definition 2024


legate

legate

See also: lëgatë

English

Noun

legate (plural legates)

  1. A deputy representing the Pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
  2. An ambassador or messenger.
    • 1965, John Fowles, The Magus:
      The dark figure on the raised white terrace; legate of the sun facing the sun; the most ancient royal power.
  3. The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.

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Esperanto

Adverb

legate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of legi

Italian

Noun

legate f pl

  1. plural of legata

Verb

legate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of legare
  2. second-person plural imperative of legare
  3. feminine plural of legato

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Latin

Noun

lēgāte

  1. vocative singular of lēgātus

Participle

lēgāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of lēgātus