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Type Words
Synonyms official emissary
Type of emissary, envoy
Derivation legateship

Examples of legate

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Thus, the papal legate did not attend the ceremony as Charles would have wanted.
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Gregory wrote to his legate Sabinianus forbidding him to communicate with John.
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During his third visit to Rome in 737-38, he was made papal legate for Germany.
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As legate of the pope appeared Cardinal Contarini, assisted by the nuncio Morone.
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Albinus was a former legate of Britannia and commanded legions in Britain and Gaul.
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A quarrel arose between Philip's aides and a papal legate, Bernard Saisset.
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About the end of the year 1059 Peter was sent as legate to Milan by Pope Nicholas II.
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Coppini was Bishop of Terni but papal legate based in Flanders, where the letter was sent.
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It is likely that he met her during his tenure as legate under his uncle.
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  • (legation) the post or office of legate
  • (legation) a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister
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  • A deputy representing the Pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions; An ambassador or messenger; The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome
  • (legation) the official headquarters of a diplomatic minister.
  • Ecclesiastical envoy appointed to represent the pope outside Rome.
  • A representative of the papacy, usually either a cardinal dispatched from Rome, an archbishop, or perhaps a bishop. Since they speak for the pope, legates wield enormous ecclesiastical power. ...
  • 1) A papal representative. There were two distinct categories: (I) legatus natus (literally "born legate"), a status accorded to the archbishops of Canterbury and York ex officio to reinforce their supremacy within their provinces; (II) legatus a latere ("legate from the side"), directly ...