legate
noun
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
legateship
-
a word derived from
legate.
Example Sentences
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Women, the Holy Father Has ta'en the legateship from our cousin Pole— Was that well done? and poor Pole pines of it, As I do, to the death.
From Queen Mary and Harold by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson
