Meaning of Legate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A legacy or bequest.
   obsolete
2. A surname.
3. A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
4. An ambassador or messenger.
5. The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.

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Examples

“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.”

“The dark figure on the raised white terrace; legate of the sun facing the sun; the most ancient royal power.”

“Legate, I had the news last night—my cohort ordered home By ships to Portus Itius and thence by road to Rome.”

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