LEGATE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An ambassador or envoy.

2.
n.

An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.

3.
n.

An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.

4.
n.

Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.


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