legate

Meaning of legate

noun
  1. a member of the clergy, especially a cardinal, representing the Pope.
    a papal legate arrived in France on a peacemaking mission
  2. a general or governor of an ancient Roman province, or their deputy.
    the Roman legate of Syria

late Old English, from Old French legat, from Latin legatus, past participle of legare ‘depute, delegate, bequeath’.

Information about legate

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of legate is: legates.
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Hyphenation of legate

legate

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • legate is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of legate

eaglet, gelate, teagle, telega

Words that rhyme with legate

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