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Legate is an English word with synonyms like emissary or envoy. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Legate in a sentence

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Legate meaning

  1. A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
  2. An ambassador or messenger.
  3. The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.

Synonyms of Legate

official emissary emissary envoy

Using Legate

  • The main meaning on this page is: A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions. | An ambassador or messenger. | The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.
  • Useful related words include: official emissary, emissary, envoy.
  • In the example corpus, legate often appears in combinations such as: papal legate, legate to, the legate.

Context around Legate

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Legate

  • In this selection, "legate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, papal, legion, imperial, philip, damar and william stand out and add context to how "legate" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a legate a latere and and imperial legate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "legate" sits close to words such as abdulrahman, accessorised and acropolis, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with legate

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

John Denver's daughter is married to Eli LeGate. (9 words)

Cardinal Simon de Brion was still in France as papal legate. (11 words)

In such circumstances, the Legatus was dual-hatted as both Legion Legate and Imperial Legate. (15 words)

But in spite of all the efforts of the Antiochene party, the representatives of the envoys whom the council was eventually allowed to send, with the legate Philip, to the Court, persuaded the emperor to accept Cyril's council as the true one. (43 words)

But general opposition showed itself to the papal interference; a council at Würzburg (16 18 March 1287) protested energetically, and Rudolf I had to protect the legate from personal violence, so that both his plans and the Pope's failed. (40 words)

Around 1245 the Papal legate William of Modena reached a compromise: though incorporated into the Order's State, the archdiocese and its suffragan bishoprics were acknowledged with their autonomous ecclesiastical territories by the Teutonic Knights. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

In such circumstances, the Legatus was dual-hatted as both Legion Legate and Imperial Legate.

John Denver's daughter is married to Eli LeGate.

Led by Legate Damar, this uprising was instrumental in a Federation victory, but fans never saw what happened next.

În funcție de modul în care vei vinde microplantele, vei avea și cheltuieli suplimentare legate de ambalare, transport și marketing.

Advising the English king of his precarious predicament, he persuaded John to abandon his opposition to papal investiture and agreed to accept the papal legate's decision in any ecclesiastical disputes as final.

A legate a latere is a temporary papal representative or a representative for a special purpose.

Along with the Pallium (the symbol of office for the archbishop), Stephen sent another legate, with instructions to the Frankish nobility, insisting that they submit to Louis.

Around 1245 the Papal legate William of Modena reached a compromise: though incorporated into the Order's State, the archdiocese and its suffragan bishoprics were acknowledged with their autonomous ecclesiastical territories by the Teutonic Knights.

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As a well-known opponent of the emperor's right to select bishops in his territories (the Investiture Controversy ), Lamberto was a natural choice for papal legate.

As cardinal and, from 1524, lifetime papal legate, Wolsey was continually vying for control over others in the Church.

As legate, Albornoz showed himself to be an astute manager of men and effective fighter.

As the papal legate, he summoned the King to appear before an ecclesiastical council to answer for the arrests and seizure of property.

At the beginning of 1282 the Bishop sent their complaint to the Papal Legate Philip of Ferno, which was to address the settlement of the dispute.

Because of his age and inexperience he was not the actual second in command in battle, but if the legate died he would take command of the legion.

But general opposition showed itself to the papal interference; a council at Würzburg (16 18 March 1287) protested energetically, and Rudolf I had to protect the legate from personal violence, so that both his plans and the Pope's failed.

But in spite of all the efforts of the Antiochene party, the representatives of the envoys whom the council was eventually allowed to send, with the legate Philip, to the Court, persuaded the emperor to accept Cyril's council as the true one.

Cardinal Simon de Brion was still in France as papal legate.

Cardinal Simon therefore returned to France as Papal Legate for Urban IV and also for his successor Pope Clement IV in 1264–1268.

Christol & Nony, 171 In 104 Decebalus devised a failed attempt on Trajan's life by means of some Roman deserters, and held prisoner Trajan's legate Longinus, who eventually poisoned himself while in custody.

Despite all and as a mark of gratitude the pope appointed him legate at Bologna in 1367, but he died at Viterbo the same year.

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Common combinations with legate

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "legate" in a sentence?
An example: "In such circumstances, the Legatus was dual-hatted as both Legion Legate and Imperial Legate." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "legate" from authentic English texts.
What does "legate" mean?
Legate means: A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
What are synonyms of "legate"?
Common synonyms of "legate" include: official emissary, emissary, envoy.
How many example sentences with "legate" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "legate", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.