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Meaning of "legate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LEGATE

Old English, via Old French from Latin lēgātus deputy, from lēgāre to delegate; related to lēx law.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LEGATE

legate  [ˈlɛɡɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEGATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Legate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEGATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of legate in the English dictionary

The definition of legate in the dictionary is a messenger, envoy, or delegate. Other definition of legate is an emissary to a foreign state representing the Pope.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEGATE


agate
ˈæɡɪt
aggregate
ˈæɡrɪɡɪt
baggit
ˈbæɡɪt
drugget
ˈdrʌɡɪt
frigate
ˈfrɪɡɪt
garget
ˈɡɑːɡɪt
git
ɡɪt
Harrogate
ˈhærəɡɪt
hogget
ˈhɒɡɪt
Newgate
ˈnjuːɡɪt
nontarget
ˈnɒnˌtɑːɡɪt
nugget
ˈnʌɡɪt
profligate
ˈprɒflɪɡɪt
Reigate
ˈraɪɡɪt
retarget
ˌriːˈtɑːɡɪt
ringgit
ˈrɪŋɡɪt
surrogate
ˈsʌrəɡɪt
target
ˈtɑːɡɪt
Tlingit
ˈtlɪŋɡɪt
unijugate
ˌjuːnɪˈdʒuːɡɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEGATE

legalist
legalistic
legalistically
legalities
legality
legalization
legalize
legalizer
legally
Legaspi
legatary
legatee
legateship
legatine
legation
legationary
legatissimo
legato
legator
legatorial

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEGATE

ablegate
abnegate
apostolic delegate
climategate
congregate
delegate
desegregate
disaggregate
exclusive OR gate
in the aggregate
macroaggregate
negate
nondelegate
pledged delegate
reaggregate
relegate
segregate
sluicegate
somegate
variegate
walking delegate

Synonyms and antonyms of legate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LEGATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «legate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of legate

Translation of «legate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEGATE

Find out the translation of legate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of legate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «legate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

使节
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

legado
570 millions of speakers

English

legate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المندوب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

легат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

legado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পোপের দূত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

légat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sahsiah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Legat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

使節
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Legate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

để lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போப் அவர்களின் தூதர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वारसाहक्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

elçi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

legato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

legat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

легат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

legatul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έξαρχος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gesant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

legate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

legat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of legate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGATE»

The term «legate» is very widely used and occupies the 22.910 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «legate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «legate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about legate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEGATE»

Discover the use of legate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to legate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cobra: The First 40 Years
This book tells the complex saga of a sports car that was created in the early 1960s as a result of an unlikely collaboration between a plain-talking ex-racing driver from Texas and a conservative British automobile manufacturer, funded by ...
Trevor Legate, 2006
2
New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law
The informational role of the pontifical legate in this regard is certainly not exclusive, since the Apostolic See is also informed about the conditions of the particular churches in other ways, e.g., papal visits around the world. The pontifical legate ...
John P. Beal, James A. Coriden, Thomas Joseph Green, 2000
3
Blasphemy: Verbal Offense Against the Sacred, from Moses to ...
King," reflected his conviction that the fortunes of church and crown were the same. On hearing about Legate, James decided that he would personally convince him that his religion was founded on errors. He summoned Legate several times ...
Leonard Williams Levy, 1995
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American Ex-prisoners of War: Non Solum Armis
Bension continually pried Legate for military information. Each time, he answered : "My name is James R. Legate. Mayfield. Kentucky, serial number 354X5745." "I never disclosed a thing he wanted to know." As all things and experiences on ...
‎2001
5
Memoirs and Adventures of Felice Orsini
Page The Director of Police, Cavalier Curzi, to Cardinal Spinola, Legate of Bologna, informing him of the results of the surveillance over a certain Lucarelli, who had arrived in Bologna 209 Cardinal Vannicelli, Legate of Bologna, to Monsignor ...
Felice Orsini, George Carbonel, 1857
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Memoirs and Adventures of Felice Orsini Written by Himself ...
Page The Director of Police, Cavalier Curzi, to Cardinal Spinola, Legate of Bologna, informing him of the results of the surveillance over a certain Lucarelli, who had arrived in Bologna 209 Cardinal Vannicelli, Legate of Bologna, to Monsignor ...
Felice Orsini, 1857
7
Memoirs and adventures: containing unpubl. papers of the ...
Page The Director of Police, Cavalier Curzi, to Cardinal Spinola, Legate of Bologna, informing him of the results of the surveillance over a certain Lucarelli, who had arrived in Bologna 209 Cardinal Vannicelli, Legate of Bologna, to Monsignor ...
Felice Orsini, 1857
8
A History of Cambridge University Press
Meanwhile the device Alma mater Cantabrigia which Legate had first used on the title-page of Perkins' Golden chaine in 1600 (see fig. 9), and which helped more than any other innovation to establish a distinctive livery for Cambridge- printed ...
David McKitterick, 1992
9
A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
6J224 Away tiie Legate and the League, content 171.21 Sord. 6.648 While Ognibon, the Pope's Legate from Ravenna, . . 407.60 Soul's Trag. 2.11 Ogniben by name, with the quality of Pontifical Legate; 408.75 Soul's Trag. 3.94 Returns the ...
10
Book of martyrs: or, A history of the lives, sufferings, and ...
The legate, being enraged at the repulse he had received from the city of Carcasson, determined to wreak his vengeance upon the town : the next morning he made a general assault ; and, though the place was bravely defended, he took it by ...
John Foxe, Charles Augustus Goodrich, 1831

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEGATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term legate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Catholic Congress` Mochana Yathra | Kochi NYOOOZ
... Angamaly, which will be inaugurated by Syro-Malabar Church head Cardinal Mar George Alencherry,” Catholic Congress bishop legate Mar ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
2
Triple Fret, Filipino all-woman guitar ensemble, tops Japan contest …
Their tone was resplendent and solidly revealed singing, legate lines that were meticulously phrased—all done with spontaneity. TRIPLE Fret ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
3
Galesburg teams knocked out of Cal Ripken state tourney - Sports …
Hamm regained his composure and struck out Colton Allen, Carl and Dalton Legate — all looking — to end the frame. Homewood notched four ... «Galesburg Register-Mail, Jul 15»
4
DeBrock Galleria to host Saturday on State July 25-Sept. 12
Wrap-jewelry designer Cindy Legate, Kewanee, will be at the DeBrock Galleria in Geneseo, as part of Saturday on State, eight weeks of visiting ... «Quad-Cities Online, Jul 15»
5
Cal Ripken State Tourney: Both Galesburg teams split - Sports - The …
He hit a sac fly that scored Dalton Legate to make it 6-0 Galesburg. When the frame concluded, Galesburg was up 14-0 thanks in large part to ... «Galesburg Register-Mail, Jul 15»
6
Inside Intelligence: About Those GOP Views on Immigration...
... Robert Kepple, Richard Khouri, Tom Kleinworth, Ramey Ko, Dale Laine, Pete Laney, Dick Lavine, James LeBas, Luke Legate, Leslie Lemon, ... «Texas Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Why 'The Elder Scrolls' Should Become a Movie Franchise
Maybe Legate or even General) who is part of the Legions wich get send to Akavir to establish a colony for the Empire. In the End he dies a ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
8
'Epitome of starving artist' Stephen Jackson dies at 56
Stephen Jackson taught himself to play guitar at age 10, and went on to pick up piano and drums, said Legate. He wrote and performed songs ... «Evansville Courier & Press, Jul 15»
9
North Sea operators to shut-in assets early, analyst warns
Fiona Legate, a research analyst at Wood Mackenzie, has said that it is likely more firms will follow in the footsteps of Fairfield Energy, which ... «Energy Voice, Jul 15»
10
Cebu church leaders confirm Pope Francis to skip IEC in 2016
Re-elected CBCP President Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said that the Vatican would only be sending a papal legate or a ... «CNN, Jul 15»

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