Moſt great and puiſant Monarke of the earth, Your Baſſoe wil accompliſh your beheſt: And ſhew your pleaſure to the Perſean, As fits the Legate of the ſtately Turke.
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Legate
//ˈlɛɡɪt//
Synonyms for "legate" (46 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (23)
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Translations
40 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- լեգատ noun (deputy representing the pope)
- լեգատ noun (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome)
- նվիրակ noun (deputy representing the pope)
- նվիրակ noun (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome)
Bulgarian
2 entries- легат noun (deputy representing the pope)
- пратеник noun (ambassador or messenger)
Classical Nahuatl
2 entries- Santo Padre ītītlan noun (deputy representing the pope)
- huēyi teōpixcātītlantli noun (deputy representing the pope)
Czech
2 entries- legát noun (deputy representing the pope)
- vyslanec noun (ambassador or messenger)
Dutch
2 entries- legaat noun (deputy representing the pope)
- legaat noun (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome)
Esperanto
2 entries- legato noun (deputy representing the pope)
- legato noun (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome)
French
2 entries- légat noun (deputy representing the pope)
- légat noun (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome)
German
2 entries- Gesandte noun (ambassador or messenger)
- Legat noun (deputy representing the pope)
Greek
4 entries- έξαρχος noun (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome)
- απεσταλμένος noun (ambassador or messenger)
- εκπρόσωπος noun (ambassador or messenger)
- παπικός έξαρχος noun (deputy representing the pope)
Hungarian
4 entries- helytartó noun (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome)
- követ noun (ambassador or messenger)
- legátus noun (deputy representing the pope)
- nuncius noun (deputy representing the pope)
Irish
2 entries- leagáid noun (deputy representing the pope)
- leagáid noun (ambassador or messenger)
Latin
1 entries- lēgātus noun (ambassador or messenger)
Middle French
1 entries- legat noun (deputy representing the pope)
Old French
1 entries- legat noun (deputy representing the pope)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- ایلچی noun (ambassador or messenger)
- سفیر noun (ambassador or messenger)
Polish
2 entries- legat noun (deputy representing the pope)
- legat noun (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome)
Russian
2 entries- лега́т noun (deputy representing the pope)
- лега́т noun (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome)
Spanish
3 entries- legado noun (deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome)
- legado (desus.) noun (ambassador or messenger)
- legado pontificio noun (deputy representing the pope)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The dark figure on the raised white terrace; legate of the sun facing the sun; the most ancient royal power.
Source: wiktionary
Legate, I had the news last night—my cohort ordered home By ships to Portus Itius and thence by road to Rome.
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