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==Origins==
OF. legacie a legateship (see 1b), = Sp. legacía, ad. med.L. lgtia the district of a legate, f. lgtus .
==Definitions==
===Legateship===
*1. The [[function]] or office of a delegate or deputy. (Cf. EMBASSY 1.) Obs.
:b. spec. The function or office of a papal legate; a legateship. to send in legacy: to send as legate. legacy of the cross: see LEGATE n.1 1.
*2. The message or [[business]] committed to a delegate or deputy. Obs.
*3. A [[body]] of [[persons]] sent on a mission, or as a deputation, to a [[sovereign]], etc.; also, the [[act]] of sending such a body. (Cf. EMBASSY 3.) Obs.
===Bequest===
*4. The [[action]] or an act of bequeathing 1. Also legacy parole, nuncupative bequest. Obs.
*5. A sum of [[money]], or a specified article, given to another by [[will]]; 2. Formerly also in generalized sense, what one bequeaths.
:b. transf. and fig.; esp. = anything handed down by an ancestor or predecessor
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origins==
OF. legacie a legateship (see 1b), = Sp. legacía, ad. med.L. lgtia the district of a legate, f. lgtus .
==Definitions==
===Legateship===
*1. The [[function]] or office of a delegate or deputy. (Cf. EMBASSY 1.) Obs.
:b. spec. The function or office of a papal legate; a legateship. to send in legacy: to send as legate. legacy of the cross: see LEGATE n.1 1.
*2. The message or [[business]] committed to a delegate or deputy. Obs.
*3. A [[body]] of [[persons]] sent on a mission, or as a deputation, to a [[sovereign]], etc.; also, the [[act]] of sending such a body. (Cf. EMBASSY 3.) Obs.
===Bequest===
*4. The [[action]] or an act of bequeathing 1. Also legacy parole, nuncupative bequest. Obs.
*5. A sum of [[money]], or a specified article, given to another by [[will]]; 2. Formerly also in generalized sense, what one bequeaths.
:b. transf. and fig.; esp. = anything handed down by an ancestor or predecessor
[[Category: General Reference]]
