Ablegate

//ˈæb.lə.ɡeɪt// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.
  2. 2
    An elected representative of a Hungarian royal free city, charged to be a speaker at the Diet of Hungary and to express the opinion of the city. historical
Verb
  1. 1
    To send abroad. obsolete, transitive

    "Thou hellish Dog, Depart, or I will amand, ablegate, and send thee to some vast and horrid Desert."

Example

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"Thou hellish Dog, Depart, or I will amand, ablegate, and send thee to some vast and horrid Desert."

Etymology

Borrowed from French ablégate, from Latin ablēgātus, perfect passive participle of ablēgō (“I send off or away; banish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lēgō (“I dispatch, send on a commission”). See legate.

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royal free city

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