Definition of "legates" []

• Plural form of legate. (noun)

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• "The pope made an alliance with France, and Philip set deliberately to work to implicate England in the quarrel, whereupon Paul withdrew his legates from the Spanish dominions and cancelled the legation of"
• "“He cares nothing for most things-including all of us he calls his legates, or colleagues, or whatever name he considers judicious at the time."
• "Icily sober, Sulla called his legates together and told them."