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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope