legate

• n. ローマ教皇の公使。
• vt.遺産として譲り渡す
• n.（レガート）人名；（英）Leggate

ラテン語のlegatus, ambassador, legateから、語源的にはlegateと同じ、PIE*leg, to read, to speakから、語源的にはlegibleと同じ。

legate (n.)

mid-12c., "authorized representative of the Pope," from Old French legat and directly from Latin legatus "ambassador, envoy," originally "provided with a commission," past participle of legare "send as a deputy, send with a commission, bequeath," from lex (genitive legis) "contract, law" (see legal). General sense of "ambassador, delegate, messenger" is from late 14c.

1. The priest was appointed the legate by the pope.

この牧師は教皇によって彼の高級使節に指定された。