legate

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synonyms for legate

On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to legate, such as: agent, ambassador, delegate, deputy, emissary, and envoy.

How to use legate in a sentence

  • If not, let the full powers of an ambassador be sent to the cardinal legate at Paris; in any case, let there be an end to menaces.

    The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
  • She had disdained to make terms for herself, so the legate cast Marzia and her children into prison.

  • Before he came forward to meet her, he observed the legate walking swiftly after her, so he remained hidden.

    Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan Meyer
  • The legate smiled, a cold, hard smile, fully master of himself again.

    Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan Meyer
  • He ordered the legate therefore to be detained in Flanders till his threats had obtained from the Pope an order for his recall.

    History of the English People | John Richard Green

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