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n. An official emissary, especially an official representative of the pope.

n. A deputy representing the Pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.

n. An ambassador or messenger.

n. The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.

n. An ambassador or envoy.

n. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.

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n. An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.

n. Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.

n. A person commissioned to represent a state, or the highest authority in the state, in a foreign state or court; a deputy; an ambassador.

n. Specifically In Roman history, a foreign envoy chosen by the senate, or a lieutenant of a general or of a consul or other magistrate in the government of an army or a province.

n. One who is delegated by the Pope as his representative in the performance of certain ecclesiastical or political functions, or both.

n. A legacy.

To bequeath; give by will; give and bequeath.

n. a member of a legation

"So the family -- Keith and other family members met with the FBI today, with the idea that they're going to initiate the process that takes place where, here from the U.S. you try to get a hold of what's called the legate, which is the legal liaison in Bangkok."

envoy    emissary   

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nuncio    legat    envoy    rescript    suzerainty    infallibility    arbitrator    procurator    treasurer    absolutism