| 单词 | to send in legation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto send in legation 3. The action of sending a deputy or representative, esp. a (papal) legate; the fact of being sent as a legate. In early use frequently in †to send in legation. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > [noun] > sending on a mission legation1523 delegation1641 society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > send on mission or as delegate sendc950 commissionate1587 attorneya1616 employa1616 to send in legation1649 commission1652 mission1692 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. lxxxv/1 Ye cardynall of Piergort came thyder, who was send fro the pope in legacyon. 1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 912 The Incumbents of them were strangers, and made their abode continually beyond the Seas in their owne Countries, or else at Rome, from whence they were sente in Legation to thys Realme vnto the King. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. x. 1 To the Priests and Levites sent in legation from the Sanhedrim, he professed that himself was not the Christ. 1738 W. Warburton (title) The Divine Legation of Moses. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 214 The object of Moses was to support his divine legation. 1838 G. L. Craik & C. MacFarlane Pict. Hist. Eng. I. iv. i. 742/2 These letters were presented to the King of France by the Bishop of Saintes, whom the pope sent in legation. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 108 The legation of a cardinal was..bound up in the popular mind with heavy fees. 1983 Archivum Historiae Pontificiae 21 219 This example also does not reflect the legation of a prelate who claimed this dignity on account of his position. < as lemmas |
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