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legateship

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leg⋅ate

  [leg-it]
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–noun
1. an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
2. Roman History.
a. an assistant to a general or to a consul or magistrate, in the government of any army or a province; a commander of a legion.
b. a provincial governor of senatorial rank appointed by the emperor.
3. an envoy or emissary.
Origin:
1125–75; ME legat < L lēgātus deputy (n. use of masc. ptp. of lēgāre to depute), equiv. to lēgā(re) + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
leg⋅ate⋅ship, noun
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leg·ate   (lěg'ĭt)   
n.   Abbr. leg.
An official emissary, especially an official representative of the pope.

[Middle English, from Old French legat, from Medieval Latin lēgātus, from Latin, past participle of lēgāre, to depute; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
leg'ate·ship' n.
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