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  • noun Plural form of legate.

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Examples

  • The pope made an alliance with France, and Philip set deliberately to work to implicate England in the quarrel, whereupon Paul withdrew his legates from the Spanish dominions and cancelled the legation of

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • β€œHe cares nothing for most things-including all of us he calls his legates, or colleagues, or whatever name he considers judicious at the time.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • Icily sober, Sulla called his legates together and told them.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • The people, who have just learned that the Pope and Emperor have recalled their legates and ambassadors, are awed and frightened.

    Stories of the Wagner Opera 1894

  • Caesar was eager to decide at once on the destination of each legion, and to call the legates together to a council of war; but Macrinus was not so prompt and ready as usual on such occasions.

    A Thorny Path β€” Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • Caesar was eager to decide at once on the destination of each legion, and to call the legates together to a council of war; but Macrinus was not so prompt and ready as usual on such occasions.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • Caesar was eager to decide at once on the destination of each legion, and to call the legates together to a council of war; but Macrinus was not so prompt and ready as usual on such occasions.

    A Thorny Path β€” Volume 12 Georg Ebers 1867

  • The authority of the pope was commonly exercised by the "legates," [29] whom he sent out as his representatives at the various European courts.

    Early European History Hutton Webster

  • For when as those seruants (which at the request of the Cardinall, attended vpon vs, namely the legates of

    The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004

  • For when as those seruants (which at the request of the Cardinall, attended vpon vs, namely the legates of

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

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