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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne