Definition of legate

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Legate (n.) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province..

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Vicarial :: Vicarial (a.) Delegated; vicarious; as, vicarial power..
Legate :: Legate (n.) An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.
Vicarious :: Vicarious (prep.) Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority..
Ablegate :: Ablegate (n.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office..
Legation :: Legation (n.) A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.
Convention :: Convention (v. i.) A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical..
Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands..
Deputation :: Deputation (n.) The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency..
Apocrisiarius :: Apocrisiarius (n.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople..
Delegated :: Delegated (imp. & p. p.) of Delegat.
Vicariate :: Vicariate (a.) Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious..
Secondary :: Secondary (n.) One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London..
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..
Relegate :: Relegate (v. t.) To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish..
Legature :: Legature (n.) Legateship.
Empower :: Empower (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor..
Legatee :: Legatee (n.) One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
Legate :: Legate (n.) An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.
Collegatary :: Collegatary (n.) A joint legatee.
Co-legatee :: Co-legatee (n.) A joint legatee.
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