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Secondary :: Secondary (n.) One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London..

Delegate :: Delegate (n.) Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

Apocrisiarius :: Apocrisiarius (n.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople..

Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns..

Deputy :: Deputy (n.) One appointed as the substitute 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..

Ablegate :: Ablegate (n.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office..

Legation :: Legation (n.) A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.

Delegatory :: Delegatory (a.) Holding a delegated position.

Legate :: Legate (n.) An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.

Accretion :: Accretion (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share..

Vicarial :: Vicarial (a.) Delegated; vicarious; as, vicarial power..

Caucus :: Caucus (n.) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting..

Depute :: Depute (v. t.) To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

Subdelegate :: Subdelegate (n.) A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers..

Delegacy :: Delegacy (a.) A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.

Delegate :: Delegate (v. t.) To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical..

Vicarious :: Vicarious (prep.) Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority..

Vicariate :: Vicariate (a.) Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious..

Legate :: Legate (n.) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province..

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