Index of English words, starting with "le"

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

(1) - Legatee (n.) One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.

(1) - Legateship (n.) The office of a legate.

(1) - Legatine (a.) Made by, proceeding from, or under the sanction of, a legate; as, a legatine constitution.
(2) - Legatine (a.) Of or pertaining to a legate; as, legatine power.

(1) - Legation (n.) A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.
(2) - Legation (n.) The place of business or official residence of a diplomatic minister at a foreign court or seat of government.
(3) - 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.
(4) - Legation (n.) The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another.