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单词 pro-legate
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pro-legaten.

Brit. /(ˌ)prəʊˈlɛɡət/, U.S. /ˌproʊˈlɛɡət/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pro- prefix1, legate n.1
Etymology: < pro- prefix1 + legate n.1, after classical Latin prō lēgātō on behalf of a legate. Compare Italian prolegato (1578).
Now historical and rare.
A person acting as a deputy or substitute for a legate.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > offices or officials > [noun] > envoy > representative or deputy of
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1646 J. Day Modest Vindic. 14 The Causes here under written by the well learned Walter Walker Doctor in the Lawes Prolegate of the Parliament of England.
1831 Times 24 Feb. 2/6 The Prolegate [of Romagna] appointed a committee, to whom he surrendered his powers.
1875 P. K. O'Clery Hist. Ital. Revol. iv. 149 To avoid useless bloodshed, the Pro-Legate, Mgr. Clarelli, ordered them to remain inactive.
1911 W. R. Thayer Life & Times Cavour I. 378 Minghetti complied, being forced, in order to secure a passport from the Papal prolegate, to journey by way of Belgium.
1991 Hist. Jrnl. 34 37 They had been governed by a cardinal-commissioner, with a pro-legate, usually a layman, for each Legation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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