| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | leg·ate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l g  t |
| NOUN: | abbr. leg. An official emissary, especially an official representative of the pope. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French legat, from Medieval Latin l g tus, from Latin, past participle of lgre, to depute. See leg- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | legate·ship —NOUN
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