ABLEGATE

v. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To send abroad. [Obs.] Bailey.

2.
n.

A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.

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