legateshipn.
/ˈlɛɡətʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈlɛɡətˌʃɪp/ The office or rank of a legate; a post as a legate.
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legacya1387
legation1524
legateship?1556
legaturea1674
?1556 Grey Friars Chron. anno 1556 in R. Howlett Monumenta Franciscana (1882) II. 258 Thomas Creme some tyme archebyshoppe of Cantorbery..was desgradyd of hys leggatsheppe.
1612 S. Lennard tr. P. de Mornay Mysterie Iniquitie 62 This Proxie of Caelestin vnto Cyrill..Baronius would faine extend to a facultie of Legatship.
1653 H. Cogan tr. N. N. Scarlet Gown 86 In his Legateship of Ferrara he carried himself very wisely.
1708 Hist. Wks. Learned Nov. 657 The Court of Rome..having conferr'd this Legateship upon the Cardinal.
1774 J. Collyer Hist. Eng. II. 203 The cardinal Anagni..had succeeded Albano in the legateship.
1816 J. Britton Hist. & Antiq. See & Cathedral Church Norwich 55 Three years afterwards he returned to Rome, resigned his legateship, was ordained priest, and then consecrated bishop in May, 1222.
1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary v. v. 272 The Holy Father Has ta'en the legateship from our cousin Pole.
1903 Eng. Hist. Rev. 18 50 He had used his influence with Clement to obtain the legateship for the latter [sc. Wolsey].
1967 A. N. Sherwin-White Racial Prejudice in Imperial Rome 55 Tacitus himself writes in favour of the promotion of Gauls to legionary legateships and provincial governorships.
2000 D. Crouch Reign King Stephen 2013 xv. 303 Even after the loss of his legateship, Bishop Henry's influence remained strong.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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