legatine

American  

[leg-uh-tin, -tahyn] / ˈlɛg ə tɪn, -ˌtaɪn /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.

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Etymology

Origin of legatine

From the Medieval Latin word lēgātīnus, dating back to 1605–15. See legate, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

His hopes of the see of Canterbury were disappointed, but he obtained in 1139 a legatine commission which gave him a higher rank than the primate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Wolsey's proposal for leaving the matter to a legatine court found better favour; but when the commission reached England it was found to be "of no effect or authority."

From History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 by Green, John Richard

On Richard’s return Hubert placed the crown on his head at his second coronation at Winchester, and the king obtained the legatine commission for him.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William

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

Early in the reign a Burgundian archbishop landed here without invitation, claiming legatine authority over the whole kingdom.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William