单词 | legate |
释义 | legaten.1 1. a. An ecclesiastic deputed to represent the Pope and vested with his authority. Now spec. a cardinal sent as papal ambassador extraordinary on special missions to states acknowledging the supreme spiritual authority of the Pope. †legate of (with) the cross: a legate entitled to have a cross carried in front of him, as a token of his dignity (obsolete).Quot. lOE1 paraphrases the text of a Latin charter apparently forged in the early 12th cent. and so cannot be of early composition date. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > offices or officials > [noun] > envoy legatelOE prothonotary1491 ablegate1817 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > offices or officials > [noun] > envoy > entitled to have cross borne before him legatea1387 lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 675 Ic Adrianus legat [L. legatus] hit iete. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1123 On þa ilca tyma com an legat of Rome, Henri wæs gehaten. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12227 Of Rome he wes legat and of þan hirede prelat. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 10276 (MED) Þer on þoȝte tueye men, legates of rome, Pandulf and þe duraund. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 115 Bonefas, archebisshop of Caunterbury, þat was legat of þe croys [L. crucis legatione fungens]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 29358 Alle þaa Lais hand on clerk be-houis ga To þe pape or his legate, To soilled be. a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 124 (MED) The kynge shall beyre yerely charges vnknowen in receyvinge off ligates and messengers sende ffrom the pope, and off ambassatours sende ffrom kynges and oþer princes. 1516 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 217 Ther comes a lyget from Rome to my lord Cartdenall. 1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast ii. ix. f. 130v The Popes Legats and the Councell with a more Supreme Authority resumed the matter into their hands. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. ii. 65 Looke where the holy Legate comes apace. View more context for this quotation 1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne xii. 323 In his dayes there entred this Kingdom a Legat from Rome. a1745 J. Swift Reign of Stephen in Lett. (1768) IV. 291 Henry the youngest was bishop of Winchester, and the pope's legate in England. 1754 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1762) I. 244 The Pope..made the archbishop of Canterbury his legate. 1799 Butler's Lives Saints (new ed.) VI. 102 The pope's legate, cardinal Gerard, who afterward sat in St. Peter's chair under the name of Lucius II. made use of his authority to oblige him to comply. 1856 Times 12 June 9/1 The crossbearer of the Legate with the cross entered the first. 1877 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 18 May 5/3 Bishop Conroy, Papal Legate, arrived in Charleston, S. C. yesterday. 1908 Times 14 Sept. 7/2 On the adoption of the resolution the Legate announced he had received the following message from the Pope through Cardinal Merry del Val. 1975 D. Geanakoplos in K. M. Setton & H. W. Hazard Hist. Crusades III. iii. 80 In 1374 Gregory dispatched four legates to Constantinople, to promote conversions. 2014 Business Mirror (Philippines) (Nexis) 17 Jan. Cardinal Ildebrando Antonuitti, papal legate to the Philippines, concelebrated the anniversary Mass. b. legate a latere (also † legate de latere, legate e latere, † legate ex latere, † legate latere, † legate of latere): a confidential papal legate of the highest degree, appointed especially for a particular mission and not as a permanent representative abroad. Also in anglicized form as † legate of the side. Now historical.In quot. 1618 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > offices or officials > [noun] > envoy > of the highest class legate of latere1528 ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 493 (MED) Monkes exempte hade grete privilege þer, and were not under the iurisdiccion of eny bischop but of the pope of Rome, oþer of a legate a latere sende from þe pope. 1521 W. Warham Let. 8 Mar. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 239 Which wer forboden by your Graces auctoritie as Legate de latere of the See apostolique. ?1521 J. Fisher Serm. agayn Luther (title page) Ye most reuerend fader in god ye lord Thomas Cardinal of Yorke & Legate ex latere from our holy father the pope. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. c v He hath a tytle of S. Cecile, And is a Legate of latere. c1540 Image Ipocrysy iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 439 And then the Cardinall With tytles all of pride, As legates of the side. 1554–5 Act 1 & 2 Philip & Mary c. 8 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 246 The Pope's Holines..sent hither..the Lorde Cardinall Poole, Legate de latere. 1613 in M. C. Questier Newslett. Archpresbyterate G. Birkhead (1998) 220 I wold God the tymes wear such as wee might see him hear with authoritie of an legate de latere. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 46 For if any quick eye, or active spirit did but begin to peep or stir, the Legate e latere soon reduced him into ranke. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 77 Any Cardinal that goes Legat a latere to any Foreign State [It. Legato de latere ultra montes]. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4444/2 The Pope chang'd his design of sending a Legate Latere to her Majesty. 1779 tr. C. F. X. Millot Elements Gen. Hist.: Pt. Second I. iv. iv. 260 Urban II wanted to have a legate a latere in Sicily, as well as in other places, to command in his name. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 133 A further hardship was the sending of special ministers, legates ‘a latere’. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xix. 300 This was not understood as precluding the mission of special legates, or legates a latere, who represented the pope himself and superseded the authority of the resident legates. 1948 D. D. Knowles Relig. Orders in Eng. 79 In addition, papal legates a latere, who visited England from time to time, had powers of visitation. 2013 K. R. Rennie Found. Medieval Papal Legation vi. 115 In response to an earlier Frankish plea for legates e/a latere to help convoke a synod in that region, Pope Nicholas I was able to send two ‘most reverent and most holy men’ to fulfil this express purpose. c. A governor of a province of the Papal States. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > offices or officials > [noun] > Papal States > ruler of legate1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxviii The Cardinal Innocent Legate of Bonony. 1647 Moderate Intelligencer No. 99 874 The Cardinall Sforza, that executed this by Commission, goes to reside on his Bishoprick of Rimini, and tis said, he shall be Legat of Bolognia. 1653 H. Cogan tr. N. N. Scarlet Gown 85 Urban..sent him Legate [It. Legato] to the City of Ferrara. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 188 At present he is Legat [It. Legato] of Ferrara, a considerable Legation. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 80 The most illustrious Domenico Maria Cursi being legate..of Ravenna. 1804 J. Aikin et al. Gen. Biogr. V. 531/2 The legate of Bologna prevailed upon him to pay a visit to that city, accompanied by the cardinals. 1835 Lives Eminent Lit. & Sci. Men of Italy, Spain, & Portugal II. 309 Cardinal Borghese was at that time legate at Ferrara. 1894 F. I. Antrobus tr. L. Pastor Hist. Popes IV. ii. i. 199 Roverella, Legate of Perugia, arrived on the 1st. 1933 W. K. Ferguson in tr. Erasmus Opera Omnia Supplementum 88 He was appointed legate of Bologna,..where the people bitterly resented his tyrannical rule. 2008 L. H. Zirpolo A to Z Renaissance Art 355 He [sc. Farnese] was made..legate to Piceno and Ancona in 1546–1547,..legate to Viterbo in 1551, and governor of Montefiascone in 1560. 2. An ambassador, delegate, messenger. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > official messenger messenger?1316 legatec1350 embassadora1450 pursuivant1503 ambassador1548 chaprasi1879 society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy sand1038 sandesman1123 sanderbodec1200 erendes-manc1275 sand-manc1275 legatec1350 embassadora1398 ambassador1417 bassatourc1450 orator1474 messenger1535 vakeel1622 public minister1624 minister1647 envoy1666 wakeel1803 missionary1821 elchee1824 ambassador-at-large1868 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxvii. 34 (MED) Legats [L. legati] shul cumen out of Egipte sleand þe Echiopenes. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lvii. 9 Thou..sentist thi legates [L. legatos] aferr. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 2732 Legates with' letters aftir him went. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 78v The dishonour ye did to my dere legat. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 60 A certeyne gentleman heere in Athens, inuited the Kings Legates to a costly and sumptuous feast. 1671 L. Addison W. Barbary 119 We gave also to your Legates two special horses. 1692 S. Patrick Answer to Touchstone of Reformed Gospel 18 The Apostles were the Legats and Interpreters of Christ. 1720 A. Pennecuik Streams from Helicon (ed. 2) i. 44 Bright beauteous Legates of the Pow'rs above. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 338 There stands The legate of the skies. 1810 Encycl. Londinensis IV. 481/2 The next day, the legate and two other mandarins paid an official visit to the ambassador. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iii. v. 291 He suffered the legates from Utrecht to return..with their heads upon their shoulders. 1945 Mich. Alumnus Q. Rev. 8 May 194/1 The Viceroy..had been China's special legate at the coronation of Czar Nicholas II at St. Petersburg. 2004 New Yorker 5 July 96/1 The spring season was subdivided..into a German night, an Austrian night, and French, Italian, and British nights, with appropriate cultural legates giving us curtain speeches about Balanchine's greatness. 3. Roman History. The deputy of a general or governor of a province; (under the empire) the provincial governor himself. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > lieutenant legate1474 petty captainc1475 locum tenent1492 lieutenant1578 lieutenant-captain1728 teniente1798 luff1836 loot1898 looey1916 tenente1929 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > ancient Roman > legate consularc1374 legate1577 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 57 The rooks..ben vicaires and legats of the kynge. a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 31 v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue 275/1 And..passit aganis the Romanis in batell &..slew the legat & Hircy the imperouris procutor. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 13/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I It [sc. the Isle of Wight] was..wonne from the Britons by Vespasian the Legate [1587 legat]. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 120 With the armie they sende diuers of their gentlemen as Legats or prouiditors, who neuer stirre from the side of the captaine Generall. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 68 Incens'd against him..by the incitement of Roscius Cælius Legat of a Legion. 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 106 Before the next consulary legate came over. 1760 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. 35 The legates in Britain..remained unactive till it could be determined, for what master they were to conquer. 1809 T. H. Cooper Mil. Cabinet 177 In this period, perhaps, there might be two legates with a consular army. 1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 483 The legates who commanded legions upon the frontiers. 1955 L. de Wohl Spear i. i. 10 It would be a difficult bet to take, sir, unless you can reach my commander, the Legate Cinna. 1991 L. Keppie Understanding Rom. Inscriptions viii. 45 The victories could be won by the emperor himself at the head of an army, or by legates in his provinces operating under his auspices. 2002 Coin News Apr. 23/1 It was struck by Lucius Plaetoris Cestianus who was both a moneyer and a legate acting on behalf of Brutus Imperator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † legaten.2 Obsolete. A legacy or bequest. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > a bequest or legacy quideOE questc1300 queath worda1425 legate1438 witting1483 bequest1496 legation1503 legacy1514 bequeathmenta1627 questword1792 bequeathing1855 1438 Will in Norfolk Archaeol. (1855) 4 328 (MED) All myn owe dettes, legates, mispresyons, extorcyons..never mow not bene rered of myn owen godes. 1479 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 619 The funeral costys, dettys, and legattys. 1501 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 91 These my legattes herin conteynyth truly fulfyllyd. ?c1530 Proverbys Howsolde-kepyng in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1866) 32 In dysposyng thy legatys, pay firste thy servanntis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † legateadj. Obsolete. As past participle: legated, bequeathed, given by will. ΚΠ 1442–3 in J. A. Kingdon Arch. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1886) II. 272 Also Receyued of The Executourez of John Wellis Alderman in party of payment of lx li legate for his obite xl s. 1459 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 222 Alle the mevable goodes in this present wille non legat nor other wise disposed. 1459 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 228 (MED) Alle his..godes, alswell in accon as in possession, the which ar not in this present wille otherwise legate or disposed, to be solde for the complishment of this will. 1533 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 111 The resydue of my goodes not legate nor bequest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). legatev. transitive. To give by will, to bequeath. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)] leaveOE bequeath1066 queatha1325 let1340 dowc1374 bequest1394 wit1394 devise1395 give1420 willc1460 test1491 legacy1546 legate1546 league1623 legatee1797 1546 Will in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. 10 26 I gif and leggett vnto Richerd my sonn all my housholde stuf. 1582 Will of R. Milles (Consistory Crt. Canterbury) The towe hundred poundes to them legated shall..come wholy vnto my sonne Thomas. 1659 J. Harwood Ministers Office 22 This was not a personal Legacy onely given to the then Apostles, but Church Legacy legated to the Successors of those Disciples of Christ Jesus. 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 497 Legating peace as his proper blessing to all his followers. 1737 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) 279 Mr Laurence Dundas..legated and mortified Five hundred Pounds Sterling for the Use of three Bursers to be educated at the College of Edinburgh. 1760 Ld. Kames Princ. Equity iii. iii. 207 The next case I put is of a sum of money legated to Titius. 1829 Sc. Jurist 1 261/2 I..do hereby legate and bequeath, and direct to be duly paid to my beloved spouse,..the interest arising from all such free-money as I may leave behind me at the time of my decease. 1888 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 13 376 The oval inlaid table..I legate to——. 1942 E. P. Wegener Some Oxf. Papyri iii. 17 Estates which had either been confiscated or legated to the emperor by the former owner. 1988 Antiques 36/1 Amalia legated her collection to her four daughters. 2013 B. de Zogheb in H. Halim Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism iv. 261 Her..final testament legating her belongings to her nearest and dearest. Derivatives leˈgating n. ΚΠ 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. xxx. 169 The greatest power of Defuncts, either by Testament, or otherwayes, is the power of legating by particular or universal Legacies. 1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 528 There were four forms of legating,—vindication, damnation, permission.., and preception. 1988 A. Watson Failures of Legal Imagination iv. 92 The provision talks of legating, not of appointing an heir. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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