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legation (iou)



legation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French legation or Latin legatio(n-), formed as LEGATE verb: see -ATION.]
The object for which a legate is sent, a legate's mission or commission. LME.
The action of sending a (papal) legate; the fact of being sent as a legate. LME.
A body of deputies sent on a mission; a diplomatic minister (now esp. one ranking below ambassador) and his or her entourage. E17.
Ld Macaulay The report which the English legations made of what they had seen..in Russia.
b. The official residence or office of a diplomatic minister. M19.
The position or office of legate, a legateship. E17.
W. Forsyth He wrote..to request that he might have a legation given him.
Hist. A province of the Papal States, governed by a legate. M19.
legationary adjective of or pertaining to a legation, qualified or ready to go on a legation M19.