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Definition:

1. An ambassador or envoy.
2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.
3. (Rom. Hist.)
(a) An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.
(b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Uses:

Harry: Now then, I shall handle the visiting royalty, of course, er, the guards of honour, and the papal legate; and you can sort out the frolics.

Blackadder: The frolics?

Harry: Yes, the Morris Dancers, the eunuchs, and the bearded women.

BBC. Blackadder Season 1, episode 2: Born to be King

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King Philip: Here comes the holy legate of the Pope.

Pandulph: Hail, you anointed deputies of heaven!

William Shakespeare. The Life and Death of King John