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▪ I. legate, n.1|ˈlɛgət|
Also 2–7 legat, (6 lyget).
[a. OF. legat, ad. L. lēgātus, pa. pple. of lēgāre to send as a deputy (also, to bequeath).]
1. An ecclesiastic deputed to represent the Pope and armed with his authority. † legate of the cross: one entitled to have a cross borne before him, as an emblem of dignity.
1154O.E. Chron. an. 1123 (Laud MS.) On þa ilca tyma com an Legat of Rome Henri wæs ᵹehaten. c1205Lay. 24501 Of Rome he wes legat and of þan hirede prelat. a1300Cursor M. 29358 Alle þaa lais hand on clerk behouis ga to þe pape or his legate, to soilled be. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 115 Bonefas, archebisshop of Canterbury, þat was legat of þe croys. 1516Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 217 Ther comes a lyget from Rome to my lord Cartdenall. 1595Shakes. John v. ii. 65 Looke where the holy Legate comes apace. 1638Penit. Conf. xii. (1657) 323 In his dayes there entred this Kingdom a Legat from Rome. a1745Swift Hist. Stephen in Lett. (1768) IV. 291 Henry the youngest was bishop of Winchester, and the pope's legate in England. 1754Hume Hist. Eng. (1762) I. 244 The Pope..made the archbishop of Canterbury his legate. 1875Tennyson Q. Mary iii. i, I hear this Legate's coming To bring us absolution from the Pope.
b. The ruler of a legation, i.e. one of the provinces of the Papal States.
1653H. Cogan Scarlet Gown 85 Urban..sent him Legate to the City of Ferrara. 1670G. H. tr. Hist. Cardinals ii. iii. 188 At present he is Legat of Ferrara, a considerable Legation. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 243 The most illustrious Domenico Maria Cursi being legate..of Ravenna.
c. legate a (or † de) latere († also in semi-English or English form, legate of latere, legate of the side): the designation of a legate of the highest class, one whose acts are regarded as virtually those of the Pope himself.
1521Abp. Warham in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. I. 239 Which wer forboden by your Graces auctoritie as Legate de latere of the See apostolique. 1528Roy Rede me (Arb.) 50 He hath a tytle of S. Cecile, And is a Legate of latere. a1550Image Ipocr. iv. 28 in Skelton's Wks. (1843) II. 439 And then the Cardinall With tytles all of pride, As legates of the side. 1554Act 1 & 2 Ph. & Mary c. 8 §1 The Pope's Holiness..sent hither..the Lord Cardinal Pool, Legate de latere. 1670G. H. tr. Hist. Cardinals i. iii. 77 Any Cardinal that goes Legat a latere to any Foreign State. 1708Lond. Gaz. No. 4444/2 The Pope chang'd his design of sending a Legate Latere to her Majesty. 1839Keightley Hist. Eng. I. 133 A further hardship was the sending of special ministers, legates ‘a latere’.
transf.1618T. Adams Heaven made sure Wks. (1629) 904 These [God's ministers] are Legatia latere—Dispencers of the Mysteries of Heauen.
2. gen. An ambassador, delegate, messenger.
1382Wyclif Isa. lvii. 9 Thou..sentist thi legates aferr. c1400Destr. Troy 5038 The dishonour ye did to my dere legat. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 2732 Legates with letters aftir him went. 1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 146 A certaine Gentleman heere in Athens invited the kings Legats to a costly and sumptuous feast. 1671L. Addison W. Barbary 119 We gave also to your Legates two special horses. 1692S. Patrick Answ. Touchstone 18 The Apostles were the Legats and Interpreters of Christ. 1784Cowper Task ii. 338 There stands The legate of the skies. 1855Motley Dutch Rep. iii. v. II. 291 He suffered the legates from Utrecht to return..with their heads upon their shoulders.
3. Rom. Hist. The deputy or lieutenant of a general, or of the governor of a province; under the empire, the governor himself. Also transf.
1474Caxton Chesse 45 The rookes ben vycayrs and legates of the kynge. 1577–87Harrison Descr. Brit. x. in Holinshed Chron. I. 31 It [Wight] was..wonne from the Britons by Vespasian the legat. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 120 With the armie they sende divers of their gentlemen as Legats or providitors, who never stirre from the side of the captaine Generall. 1869Rawlinson Anc. Hist. 483 The legates who commanded legions upon the frontiers.
▪ II. † ˈlegate, n.2 Obs.
Also legatte.
[a. OF. legat = It. legato, ad. L. lēgātum, neut. pa. pple. of lēgāre to bequeath.]
A legacy or bequest.
1447Rolls of Parl. V. 129/2 John Brokley..by his Testament..made other diversez Legatez to diversez persones, grete and notable. 1479J. Paston in P. Lett. No. 849 III. 267 The funeral costes, dettes, and legattes. 1501Bury Wills (Camden) 91 These my legattes herin conteynyth truly fulfyllyd. c1530Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 32 In dysposyng thy legatys, pay firste thy servanntis.
▪ III. legate, v.|liːˈgeɪt|
Also 6 leggett.
[f. L. lēgāt-, ppl. stem of lēgāre.]
trans. To give by will, to bequeath. Often, to give and legate.
1546Will in Trans. Cumbld. & Westmld. Arch. Soc. X. 26, I gif and leggett vnto Richerd my sonn all my housholde stuf. 1582Will of R. Milles (Consistory Crt. Canterbury), The towe hundred poundes to them legated shall..come wholy vnto my sonne Thomas. 1671True Nonconf. 497 Legating peace as his proper blessing to all his followers. 1880Muirhead Gaius Digest 528 There were four forms of legating,—vindication, damnation, permission, and preception. 1888Law Rep., Ho. Lords XIII. 376 The oval inlaid table I legate to―.
▪ IV. † ˈlegate, pa. pple. north. Obs.
[ad. L. lēgātus, pa. pple. of lēgā-re to bequeath.]
Legated, disposed of by will.
1533Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1835) 111 The resydue of my goodes not legate nor bequest. |