Legateship

Legateship
Legateship \Leg"ate*ship\ (l[e^]g"[asl]t*sh[i^]p), n. The office of a legate. [1913 Webster]

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  • legateship — index embassy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • legateship — noun see legate I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • legateship — n. office of an emissary, delegacy; office of an emissary of the Pope …   English contemporary dictionary

  • legateship — leg·ate·ship …   English syllables

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  • 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

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