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Definition of "legation" []

  • The act of sending a legate. (noun)
  • A diplomatic mission in a foreign country ranking below an embassy. (noun)
  • The diplomatic minister and staff of such a mission. (noun)
  • The premises occupied by such a mission. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "legation" in a sentence
  • "Among the things to which special and continued attention had to be given by the legation was the Chicago Exposition."
  • "Minister, recalled the legation and consulate from Germany."
  • "The vexatious question of so-called legation asylum for offenders against the state and its laws was presented anew in Chile by the unauthorized action of the late United States minister in receiving into his official residence two persons who had just failed in an attempt at revolution and against whom criminal charges were pending growing out of a former abortive disturbance."