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n. The act of sending a legate.

n. A diplomatic mission in a foreign country ranking below an embassy.

n. The diplomatic minister and staff of such a mission.

n. The premises occupied by such a mission.

n. The post or office of a legate; a legateship.

n. A diplomatic mission.

n. The official residence of a diplomat.

n. The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another.

n. A legate, or envoy, and the persons associated with him in his mission; an embassy; or, in stricter usage, a diplomatic minister and his suite; a deputation.

n. The place of business or official residence of a diplomatic minister at a foreign court or seat of government.

n. A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.

n. A sending forth; a commissioning of one or more persons to act at a distance for another or for others; the office or functions of a legate or envoy.

n. The person or persons sent to represent a government at a foreign court; an embassy; a diplomatic minister and his suite: as, the legation of the United States at Paris.

n. The place of business or the official abode of an embassy.

n. Formerly, the designation of any one of those six Papal States that were governed by cardinal legates.

n. a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister

n. the post or office of legate

"Among the things to which special and continued attention had to be given by the legation was the Chicago Exposition."

diplomatic mission    office    billet    position    berth    post    place    situation    spot   

legationary   

embassy    deputation   

consulate    attaché    embassy    plenipotentiary    envoy    men-of-war    airman    delegation    soldiery    diplomatist