legatine
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of legatine
From the Medieval Latin word lēgātīnus, dating back to 1605–15. See legate, -ine 1
Example Sentences
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That year, however, Alexander returned to Rome, and felt himself strong enough to send the exiled primate a legatine commission.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt
On this understanding Cardinal Pole was allowed to exercise his legatine power, and the King and Queen were entreated to intercede that the absolution might be bestowed.
From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke
He received a legatine commission, and became sole justiciar.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt
He came up the Thames in a magnificent barge, with a large silver cross, the emblem of his legatine authority, displayed on the prow.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott
He was at one time deprived of his legatine authority by Pope Paul IV. who had wished for the elevation of Gardiner to the primacy.
From The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See by Hartley Withers
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