ablegate

Meanings

Verb

• To send abroad.

Noun

• A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.
• An elected representative of a royal free city, charged to be a speaker at the Diet of Hungary and to express the opinion of the city.

Origin

• Borrowed from French ablegat, from Latin ablēgātus, perfect passive participle of ablēgō, from ab + lēgō. See legate.