legaturen.
/ˈlɛɡətʃə/, /ˈlɛɡətjʊə/, U.S. /ˈlɛɡətʃʊ(ə)r/, /ˈlɛɡətʃər/ Now rare.
The dignity and office of a legate; legateship.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > offices or officials > [noun] > envoy > office of
legacya1387
legation1524
legateship?1556
legaturea1674
a1674 Earl of Clarendon Relig. & Policy (1811) I. vi. 278 The Parliament..forbade him to usurp the privileges of his Legature.
1844 H. Browne Ordo Sæclorum i. 49 The honours obtained by Q. Æmilius Palicanus in the camp of Augustus under the legature of Quirinus.
1951 S. Runciman Hist. Crusades I. v. iii. 301 It was also particularly unsuitable that the new papal legate to the East should start his legature by an action that the bulk of the eastern Christians would bitterly resent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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