legate, official emissary
(noun) a member of a legation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Legate (plural Legates)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Legate is the 27185th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 890 individuals. Legate is most common among White (95.51%) individuals.
• Teagle, eaglet, gelate, teagle, telega
legate (plural legates)
A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
An ambassador or messenger.
The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.
legate (third-person singular simple present legates, present participle legating, simple past and past participle legated)
(transitive) To leave as a legacy.
• Teagle, eaglet, gelate, teagle, telega
Source: Wiktionary
Leg"ate, n. Etym: [OE. legal, L. legatus, fr. legare to sent with a commission or charge, to depute, fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. légat, It. legato. See Legal.]
1. An ambassador or envoy.
2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.
Note: Legates are of three kinds: (a) Legates a latere, now always cardinals. They are called ordinary or extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces, and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on extraordinary occasions. (b) Legati missi, who correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments. (c) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.
3. (Rom. Hist.) (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province. (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
