legateship

legateship
noun see legate I

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • 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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