legate en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈliːɡeɪt/ (nonstandard)
- /ˈlɛɡɪt/
- /ˈlɛɡət/
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Etymology
Inherited from Old English legat(e), from Old French legat, from Latin lēgātus, substantivized from the perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, send as envoy”).
Meanings
- A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
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An ambassador or messenger.
The dark figure on the raised white terrace; legate of the sun facing the sun; the most ancient royal power.
1965, John Fowles, The Magus:Moſt great and puiſant Monarke of the earth, Your Baſſoe wil accompliſh your beheſt: And ſhew your pleaſure to the Perſean, As fits the Legate of the ſtately Turke.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:
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The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.
Legate, I had the news last night—my cohort ordered home By ships to Portus Itius and thence by road to Rome.
1911, Rudyard Kipling, “The Roman Centurion’s Song”, in The History of England:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| legates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
legation · legacy · prolegate · legatine
Translations (43)
ga leagáid (ambassador or messenger) · fr légat (deputy representing the pope) · es legado (desus.) (ambassador or messenger) · nl legaat (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome) · el παπικός έξαρχος (deputy representing the pope) · nl legaat (deputy representing the pope) · ota ایلچی (ambassador or messenger) · hu legátus (deputy representing the pope) · mk пратеник (ambassador or messenger) · ota سفیر (ambassador or messenger) · nci huēyi teōpixcātītlantli (deputy representing the pope) · pl legat (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome) · mk легат (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome) · cs vyslanec (ambassador or messenger) · ga leagáid (deputy representing the pope) · de Legat (deputy representing the pope) · hy նվիրակ (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome) · el απεσταλμένος (ambassador or messenger) · hy նվիրակ (deputy representing the pope) · bg пратеник (ambassador or messenger) · frm legat (deputy representing the pope) · es legado pontificio (deputy representing the pope) · pl legat (deputy representing the pope) · cs legát (deputy representing the pope) · hu követ (ambassador or messenger) · nci Santo Padre ītītlan (deputy representing the pope) · la lēgātus (ambassador or messenger) · hy լեգատ (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome) · hu helytartó (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome) · ru лега́т (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome) · el εκπρόσωπος (ambassador or messenger) · hy լեգատ (deputy representing the pope) · es legado (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome) · ru лега́т (deputy representing the pope) · fr légat (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome) · fro legat (deputy representing the pope) · eo legato (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome) · el έξαρχος (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome) · hu nuncius (deputy representing the pope) · de Gesandte (ambassador or messenger) · mk легат (deputy representing the pope) · eo legato (deputy representing the pope) · bg легат (deputy representing the pope)