What (who) is legate - definition
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Legate (disambiguation)
Legate
·noun An ambassador or envoy.
II. Legate ·noun Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
III. Legate ·noun An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.
IV. Legate ·noun An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy ·see.
legate
legate
['l?g?t]
¦ noun
1. a member of the clergy who represents the Pope.
2. a general or governor of an ancient Roman province, or their deputy.
3. archaic an ambassador or messenger.
Derivatives
legateship noun
legatine -t?n adjective
Origin
OE, from OFr. legat, from L. legatus, legare 'depute, delegate, bequeath'.
Wikipedia
Legate
Legate may refer to:
- Legatus, a higher ranking general officer of the Roman army drawn from among the senatorial class
- Legatus Augusti pro praetore, a provincial governor in the Roman Imperial period
- A member of a legation
- A representative, such as an ambassador, envoy, or delegate.
- Papal legate, a delegate messenger from the Holy See
- Legate (Star Trek), a rank in the Cardassian military in the fictional Star Trek universe
- Jiedushi, regional military governors in imperial China, sometimes translated as "legates"
Pronunciation examples for legate
1. Rob Legato: I pretend they're clapping for me.
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2. So it was a privilege to work with somebody like Rob Legato,
Seth MacFarlane + Creative Team of The Orville _ Talks at Google
3. for some sort of fancy legato thing with a lot of distortion
Fireside Jam _ Mark Lettieri _ Talks at Google
