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le⋅ga⋅tion

  [li-gey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
2. the official headquarters of a diplomatic minister.
3. the office or position of a legate; mission.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME legacion < L lēgātiōn- (s. of lēgātiō) embassy. See legate, -ion

Related forms:
le⋅ga⋅tion⋅ar⋅y  [li-gey-shuh-ner-ee] , adjective
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le·ga·tion   (lĭ-gā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of sending a legate.

    1. A diplomatic mission in a foreign country ranking below an embassy.

    2. The diplomatic minister and staff of such a mission.

    3. The premises occupied by such a mission.

le·ga'tion·ar·y adj.
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legation

major administrative division of the Papal States ruled by a cardinal legate during the 18th and 19th centuries. In the mid-19th century, on the eve of Italian unification, there were four such legations: Bologna (including Ferrara and Romagna), Urbino (covering the Marche), Perugia (covering Umbria), and Velletri (covering southern Lazio).

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