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Legate :: Legate (n.) An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.

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

Delegate :: Delegate (v. t.) To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

Vicariate :: Vicariate (n.) Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.

Legate :: Legate (n.) An ambassador or envoy.

Empower :: Empower (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor..

Co-legatee :: Co-legatee (n.) A joint legatee.

Cumulative :: Cumulative (a.) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy.

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

Legatine :: Legatine (a.) Made by, proceeding from, or under the sanction of, a legate; as, a legatine constitution..

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.

-ate :: -ate () As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate..

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

Legation :: Legation (n.) A legate, or envoy, and the persons associated with him in his mission; an embassy; or, in stricter usage, a diplomatic minister and his suite; a deputation..

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

Deputation :: Deputation (n.) The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency..

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

Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands..

Credential :: Credential (n.) Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate..

Consociation :: Consociation (n.) A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united..

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