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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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 Prescott, William Hickling
For the next three hundred years the Church was almost wholly free from the direct control of legatine visits.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William
On the night of the 23rd, however, Pate returned from the court with a message that the legatine insignia might be displayed.
From The Reign of Mary Tudor by Rhys, Ernest
But it was this very man whom Paul IV now deprived of his legatine power, on which much of his consequence rested, and transferred it to a Franciscan monk.
From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Ranke, Leopold von
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 Withers, Hartley
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