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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary legate
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French legat, from Latin legatus deputy, emissary, from past participle of legare to depute, send as emissary, bequeath, from leg-, lex DATE 12th century : a usually official emissary
(le·gat·ed ; le·gat·ing) ETYMOLOGY legatus, past participle of legare to bequeath DATE 15th century : bequeath 1English Etymology legate mid-12c., "authorized representative of the Pope," from L.legatus, originally "provided with a commission," pp. of legare"send as a deputy, send with a commission, bequeath," from lex(gen. legis) "contract, law." General sense of "ambassador, delegate, messenger" is from late 14c. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 legate leg·ate / 5le^Et / noun the official representative of the Pope in a foreign country 教宗使节: a papal legate 教宗使节 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: verb Synonyms: WILL , bequeath, devise, leaveWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: legate a latere , or vice-legate legate I. leg·ate \ˈlegə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English legat, from Old French & Latin; Old French legat, from Latin legatus ambassador, deputy, provincial governor, from legatus, past participle of legare to send with a commission or charge, bequeath, from leg-, lex law — more at legal 1. a. : an ecclesiastic representing the Roman Catholic pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See < among the legates sent by the pope — M.W.Baldwin > < the papal legates … joined with the council and the representatives of the three other patriarchs — K.S.Latourette > — compare apostolic delegate, nuncio b. : the governor of a province in the Papal States 2. : an emissary usually having official status (as an ambassador, delegate, or envoy) 3. a. : a deputy of a Roman general or of the governor of a Roman province b. : a provincial governor of the Roman Empire II. le·gate \lə̇ˈgāt\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin legatus, past participle : bequeath 1Synonyms: see will |
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