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Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands..

Legate :: Legate (n.) An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.

-ate :: -ate () As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate..

Resumption :: Resumption (n.) The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc..

Assets :: Assets (n. pl.) Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend..

Delegate :: Delegate (a.) Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge..

Legate :: Legate (n.) An ambassador or envoy.

Apocrisiarius :: Apocrisiarius (n.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople..

Delegate :: Delegate (n.) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting..

Deputy :: Deputy (n.) One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc..

Legature :: Legature (n.) Legateship.

Accretion :: Accretion (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share..

Vicariate :: Vicariate (n.) Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.

Delegation :: Delegation (n.) The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates..

Vicegerent :: Vicegerent (a.) Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another..

Relegated :: Relegated (imp. & p. p.) of Relegat.

Vicariate :: Vicariate (a.) Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious..

Subdented :: Subdelegate (v. t.) To appoint to act as subdelegate, or as a subordinate; to depete..

Legateship :: Legateship (n.) The office of a legate.

Delegation :: Delegation (n.) One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation..

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