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▪ I. ablegate, n.|ˈæblɪgeɪt|
[ad. mod.Fr. ablégat or L. ablegāt-us, prop. one dispatched, pa. pple. of ablegā-re; see next.]
An envoy of the papal see, who brings to a newly-appointed cardinal his insignia of office.
[1651W. MacDonnell Anglia Liberata ii. 37 In the beginning of his pretended Answer, nick-names them Ab-Legats in the Diminutive, and calls them pretended Ambassadors, as if they merited not the title of true Legats or Ambassadors.] 1890W. M. Brady Anglo-Roman Papers iii. 239 In 1778, when he [sc. Card. Braschi] went as Ablegate to carry the Berretta to the two Cardinals, De la Rochefoucauld and De Rohan. 1927Month Sept. 256 The central interest of the evening was the anticipated arrival of the Apostolic Ablegate, the high ecclesiastic sent by the Pope to bring the red biretta to the new Cardinal.
▪ II. † ˈablegate, v. Obs. rare.
[f. L. ablegāt- ppl. stem of ablegā-re to dismiss; f. ab off, away + legāre to send on a message.]
To send abroad or to a distance.
1657Physical Dict., Ablegate, remove, turn out, send forth or out of the way. c1665R. Carpenter Prag. Jesuit 64 Thou hellish Dog, Depart, or I will amand, ablegate, and send thee to some vast and horrid Desert. |