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Type Words
Synonyms legateship
Type of place, position, post, situation, berth, spot, billet, office
Type Words
Synonyms foreign mission
Type of diplomatic mission

Examples of legation

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Arpad was making discreet inquiries at a Western European legation in Budapest.
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By September 1938, Kennan had been reassigned to a post at the legation in Prague.
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The president remained concealed in the Argentine legation until September 18.
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A naval party landed to protect US consulate and legation in Buenos Aires.
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Dutch Charge d'Affaires Jongejans was still a prisoner in his own legation.
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Its mandate achieved, the Aquillian legation ought to have gone home in winter 90-89.
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At that time, many Serbian POWs became subordinate to the Serbian legation in Petrograd.
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In 1864 he went to Russia, where he worked as both a translator and for the U.S. legation.
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Zhang then took refuge in the Dutch legation and did not participate in politics again.
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  • The post or office of legate
  • A permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister
  • A legation was the term used in diplomacy to denote a diplomatic representative office lower than an embassy. Where an embassy was headed by an Ambassador, a legation was headed by a Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
  • The official headquarters of a diplomatic minister.
  • An embassy; a mission.