English-Thai Dictionary
legate
N เจ้าหน้าที่ ที่ ทำหน้าที่แทน jao-na-ti-ti-tam-na-ti-tean
legatee
N ผู้รับมรดก phu-rab-mor-ra-dok
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LEGATE
n.[L. legatus, from lego, to send. See Lackey. ] 1. An embassador; but especially,
2. The pope's embassador to a foreign prince or state; a cardinal or bishop sent as the pope's representative or commissioner to a sovereign prince. Legates are of three kinds; legates a latere, or counselors and assistants of his holiness, legates de latere, who are not cardinals, and legates by office.
LEGATEE
n.[L. lego, to send. ] One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
LEGATESHIP
n.The office of a legate.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LEGATE
Leg "ate, n. Etym: [OE. legal, L. legatus, fr. legare to sent with a commission or charge, to depute, fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. légat, It. legato. See Legal. ]
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: (a ) Legates a latere, now always cardinals. They are called ordinary or extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces, and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on extraordinary occasions. (b ) Legati missi, who correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments. (c ) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.
3. (Rom. Hist. ) (a ) An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province. (b ) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
LEGATEE
Leg `a *tee ", n. Etym: [See Legacy. ] (Law )
Defn: One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
LEGATESHIP
LEGATESHIP Leg "ate *ship, n.
Defn: The office of a legate.
New American Oxford Dictionary
legate
leg ate |ˈlegit ˈlɛɡət | ▶noun 1 a member of the clergy, esp. a cardinal, representing the pope. • archaic an ambassador or messenger. 2 a general or governor of an ancient Roman province, or their deputy: the Roman legate of Syria. DERIVATIVES leg ate ship |-ˌSHip |noun, leg a tine |ˈlegəˌtēn, -ˌtīn |adjective ORIGIN late Old English, from Old French legat, from Latin legatus, past participle of legare ‘depute, delegate, bequeath. ’
legate a latere
le gate a la te re |ˈlegit ä ˈlätəˌrā ˌlɛɡɪt ɑ ˌlɑtəˈreɪ | ▶noun a papal legate of the highest class, with full powers. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from legate + Latin a latere ‘from the (pope's ) side. ’
legatee
leg a tee |ˌlegəˈtē ˈˌlɛɡəˈˌti | ▶noun a person who receives a legacy. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from 15th -cent. legate ‘bequeath ’ (from Latin legare ‘delegate, bequeath ’) + -ee .
Oxford Dictionary
legate
legate |ˈlɛgət | ▶noun 1 a member of the clergy, especially a cardinal, representing the Pope. • archaic an ambassador or messenger. 2 a general or governor of an ancient Roman province, or their deputy: the Roman legate of Syria. DERIVATIVES legateship noun, legatine |-tɪn |adjective ORIGIN late Old English, from Old French legat, from Latin legatus, past participle of legare ‘depute, delegate, bequeath ’.
legate a latere
legate a latere |ˌlɛgət ɑː ˈlatəreɪ, -ri | ▶noun a papal legate of the highest class, with full powers. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from legate + Latin a latere ‘by a third party ’.
legatee
legatee |ˌlɛgəˈtiː | ▶noun a person who receives a legacy. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from 15th -cent. legate ‘bequeath ’ (from Latin legare ‘delegate, bequeath ’) + -ee .
American Oxford Thesaurus
legatee
legatee noun See beneficiary.
Oxford Thesaurus
legate
legate noun a papal legate: envoy, emissary, agent, ambassador, representative, nuncio, commissioner, commissary, delegate, proxy, surrogate, deputy, spokesperson, plenipotentiary, messenger; Scottish depute; informal go-between.
legatee
legatee noun his will made her his sole legatee: beneficiary, inheritor, heir, heiress, recipient, receiver, payee, assignee; Law devisee, grantee; Scottish Law heritor.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
legate
leg ate /léɡət /名詞 C ｟かたく ｠1 ローマ教皇の特使 .2 ｟やや古 ｠政府の代表, 大使 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary