Associations to the word «Legate»

Wiktionary

LEGATE, noun. A deputy representing the Pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
LEGATE, noun. An ambassador or messenger.
LEGATE, noun. The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.

Dictionary definition

LEGATE, noun. A member of a legation.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King