leg|ate

leg|ate
leg|ate «LEHG iht», noun.
1. a representative of the Pope: »

The Lord Cardinal Pole, sent here as legate From our most Holy Father Julius, Pope (Tennyson).

2. an ambassador or representative; messenger: »

the legates from Utrecht (John L. Motley).

3. in ancient Rome: a) an assistant or deputy to a general or to the governor of a province. b) (under the empire) the governor of a province.
[< Old French legat, learned borrowing from Latin lēgātus (originally) provided with a contract < lēgāre bequeath < lēx, lēgis contract]

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