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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[e^]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus fr
legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute, fr
lex, legis, law: cf F. l['e]gat, It legato. See {Legal}.]
1. An ambassador or envoy.
2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with
the authority of the Holy See
Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a}) Legates a latere, now
always cardinals. They are called ordinary or
extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,
and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on
extraordinary occasions. ({b}) Legati missi, who
correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.
({c}) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their
office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.
3. (Rom. Hist.)
a An official assistant given to a general or to the
governor of a province.
b Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
legate
n : a member of a legation [syn: {official emissary}]
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