Word Meanings - LEGATESHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The office of a legate.

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• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• LEGATESHIP
  The office of a legate.
• LEGATE
  commission or charge, to depute, fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. légat, 1. An ambassador or envoy. 2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See. Note: Legates are of three kinds: Legates a latere, now
• LEGATEE
  One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• SUBDELEGATE
  A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• ABLEGATE
  To send abroad. Bailey.
• DELEGATE
  delegate; de- + legare to send with a commission, to depute. See 1. Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar. One elected by the people of a territory to
• CO-LEGATEE
  A joint legatee.
• SUBOFFICER
  An under or subordinate officer.
• PROLEGATE
  The deputy or substitute for a legate.
• UNDEROFFICER
  A subordinate officer.
• APOSTOLIC DELEGATE
  The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior to a nuncio.
• RELEGATE
  To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish. It was relegated into the study of the scholar. Milman.
• OVEROFFICE
  To domineer over by virtue of office. Shak.