Word Meanings - PROLEGATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The deputy or substitute for a legate.

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• 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.
• SUBSTITUTED
  Containing substitutions or replacements; having been subjected to the process of substitution, or having some of its parts replaced; as, alcohol is a substituted water; methyl amine is a substituted ammonia. Substituted executor , an executor
• SUBSTITUTE
  One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else; specifically , (more info) under, put in the place of; sub under + statuere to put, place: cf.
• DEPUTY
  1. One appointed as the substitue of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.
• SUBDELEGATE
  A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.
• 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.
• PROLEGATE
  The deputy or substitute for a legate.
• 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.