legate

noun

1. A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
2. An ambassador or messenger.

   “Moſt great and puiſant Monarke of the earth, Your Baſſoe wil accompliſh your beheſt: And ſhew your pleaſure to the Perſean, As fits the Legate of the ſtately Turke.”

   “The dark figure on the raised white terrace; legate of the sun facing the sun; the most ancient royal power.”

3. The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.

   “Legate, I had the news last night—my cohort ordered home By ships to Portus Itius and thence by road to Rome.”

4. (obsolete)A legacy or bequest.

verb

1. (transitive)To leave as a legacy.
2. (form-of, obsolete, participle, past)past participle of legate

name

1. A surname.