- legateship
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legateship
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Legateship — Leg ate*ship (l[e^]g [asl]t*sh[i^]p), n. The office of a legate. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
legateship — index embassy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
legateship — noun see legate I … New Collegiate Dictionary
legateship — See legate. * * * … Universalium
legateship — n. office of an emissary, delegacy; office of an emissary of the Pope … English contemporary dictionary
legateship — noun the post or office of legate • Syn: ↑legation • Derivationally related forms: ↑legate • Hypernyms: ↑position, ↑post, ↑berth, ↑office, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
legate — legateship, n. /leg it/, n. 1. an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative. 2. Rom. Hist. a. an assistant to a general or to a consul or magistrate, in the government of any army or a province; a commander of a legion. b. a… … Universalium
Census of Quirinius — The Census of Quirinius refers to a historical enrollment of the Roman Provinces of Syria and Iudaea for the purpose of taxation taken during the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus when Publius Sulpicius Quirinius was appointed governor of Syria … Wikipedia
Legature — Leg a*ture (l[e^]g [.a]*t[ u]r; 135), n. Legateship. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
legate — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French legat, from Latin legatus deputy, emissary, from past participle of legare to depute, send as emissary, bequeath, from leg , lex Date: 12th century a usually official… … New Collegiate Dictionary
