Associations to the word «Legation»

Wiktionary

LEGATION, noun. The post or office of a legate; a legateship.
LEGATION, noun. A diplomatic mission.
LEGATION, noun. The official residence of a diplomat.

Dictionary definition

LEGATION, noun. The post or office of legate.
LEGATION, noun. A permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister.

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