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Legation logo #10101) Berth 2) Billet 3) It ranks below an embassy 4) Legateship 5) Office 6) Place 7) Position 8) Post 9) Situation 10) Spot 11) The post or office of legate
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Legation logo #10101) Commission 2) Delegation 3) Embassy 4) Legateship
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legation logo #22544A building or compound occupied and controlled by foreign diplomats and officials, similar to an embassy.
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Legation logo #21000 In diplomacy, a legation was a diplomatic representative office lower than an embassy. Where an embassy was headed by an Ambassador, a legation was headed by an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The distinction between a legation and embassy was gradually dropped following World War II. Diplomatic representative offices are now des...
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Legation logo #21002• (n.) The place of business or official residence of a diplomatic minister at a foreign court or seat of government. • (n.) A district under the jurisdiction of a legate. • (n.) The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another. • (n.) A legate, or envoy, and the persons associated with him in his mission; an emb...
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legation logo #21003major administrative division of the Papal States ruled by a cardinal legate during the 18th and 19th centuries. In the mid-19th century, on the eve ...
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legation logo #209731. The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another. 'The Divine legation of Moses.' ... 2. 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. ... 3. The place of business or official residence of a diplomatic minister at a for...
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Legation logo #20972Le·ga'tion (le*gā'shŭn) noun [ Latin legatio : confer French légation , Italian legazione . See Legate .] 1. The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another. 'The Divine legation of Moses.' Bp. Warburton. 2. ...
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Legation logo #21217A legation is the body of official persons attached to an embassy. Formerly in Italy legation signified a division of the States of the Church.
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legation logo #20400[n] - a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister 2. [n] - the post or office of legate
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legation logo #20974legateship noun the post or office of legate
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