legates
Meaning of legates
plural noun
- a member of the clergy, especially a cardinal, representing the Pope.
a papal legate arrived in France on a peacemaking mission
- 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 legates
- It is a name.
- The singular form of legates is: legate.
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Hyphenation of legates
legates
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- legates is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of legates
eaglets, gelates, segetal, teagles, telegas
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