† unlegatev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To deprive (a person) of the office of legate.
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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] > remove from other specific office
unlegate1548
unmagistrate1650
unsheriffa1661
unchancellora1698
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxj Sone after, the bishop of Rome..vnlegated hym, and set another in his stede.
1587 A. Fleming 3rd Table Chron. Eng. sig. F.iii/4, in A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III Pope Martine legateth the bishop of Winchester & vnlegateth him againe.
1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 150 The Cardinall is Un-Legated, and that Power conferred upon the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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