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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 (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..

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..

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..

Relegation :: Relegation (n.) The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile..

Transmission :: Transmission (n.) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it..

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

Cumulative :: Cumulative (a.) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy.

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..

Nuncio :: Nuncio (n.) The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios..

Delegacy :: Delegacy (a.) A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.

Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns..

Legatine :: Legatine (a.) Made by, proceeding from, or under the sanction of, a legate; as, a legatine constitution..

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

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

Surrogate :: Surrogate (n.) A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

Delegacy :: Delegacy (a.) The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power..

Mission :: Mission (n.) The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission..

Delegate :: Delegate (v. t.) To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

Legatine :: Legatine (a.) Of or pertaining to a legate; as, legatine power..

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