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legate (dict)
Legate
The word "
legate
" comes from the
Latin
legare
("to send"). It has several meanings, all related to
representatives
:
A
legate
is a member of a
diplomatic
embassy
.
In
ancient Rome
, a
legatus
or
legate
was an official assistant to a general or governor of a province.
A
papal legate
is a messenger from the
Holy See
to a nation. The highest rank of papal legate is
legate a latere
, who had to be in the rank of a
cardinal
.
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