Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A deputy legate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Rom. Hist.) The deputy or substitute for a legate.
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- noun historical The
deputy orsubstitute for alegate .
Etymologies
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Latin prolegatus; pro for + legatus legate.
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Examples
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Julius III (1550-1555), who also appointed him prolegate of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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