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   Le·ga·tion

   /ləˈɡāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. a diplomatic minister, especially one below the rank of ambassador, and their staff: "they placed a bomb on the train carrying the British Legation to Istanbul" Similar diplomatic missionmissionembassyconsulateministrydelegationdeputationrepresentationcontingentcommissionenvoysdelegatesdeputiesdiplomatsaides
   • ▪ the official residence of a diplomatic minister. Similar embassyconsulatediplomatic establishment
   • 2. the position or office of legate; a legateship. archaic
   • ▪ the sending of a legate, especially a papal legate, on a mission.

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting the sending of a papal legate; also the mission itself): from Latin legatio(n-), from legare ‘depute, delegate, bequeath’.

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