legate

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Late Old English, from Old French légat, from Latin legatus (noun use of past participle of legare (bequeath, send as envoy)).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /'lɛgət/

[edit] Noun

Singular
legate

Plural
legates

legate (plural legates)

  1. A deputy representing the Pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
  2. An ambassador or messenger.
    • 1965: The dark figure on the raised white terrace; legate of the sun facing the sun; the most ancient royal power. — John Fowles, The Magus
  3. The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

legate f.

  1. Plural form of legata.

[edit] Verb

legate

  1. Second-person plural present tense of legare.
  2. Second-person plural imperative of legare.
  3. Feminine plural of legato.

[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

lēgāte

  1. vocative singular of lēgātus

[edit] Participle

lēgāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of lēgātus
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