legateship

Variant of legate

legate definition

leg·ate (leg′it)

noun

  1. an envoy or ambassador
  2. Rom. History the governor of a province, or his deputy

Etymology: ME < OFr legat < L legatus, pp. of legare, to send as ambassador < lex, law: see legal

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