legates
Vatican's official emissaries
Legates is the plural of legate, an official representative or emissary.
Historically, legates were ambassadors sent by the Roman Senate or envoys of the Pope dispatched to foreign courts or church councils: The papal legates arrived to negotiate the treaty.
In ancient Rome, a legatus also served as a military commander or provincial governor's deputy.
Official foreign representative
- emissaryAgent sent abroad
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- plenipotentiaryDiplomat with full authority
attaché · negotiator · treaty · embassy · consulate · mission · statecraft · protocol
Catholic Church's supreme leader
- VaticanPapal city-state
- cardinalOf foremost importance
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- Holy SeePapal governing authority
apostolic · nuncio · ecclesiastical · pontiff · diocese · clergy · canonical · archbishop
What's passed down
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- bequestGift left by will
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- heirOne who receives legacy
testament · will · estate · endowment · patrimony · succession · devisee · probate
Roman provincial ruler
- praetorRoman judicial magistrate
- governorState's chief executive
- provinceRegional administrative district
- senateLegislative governing body
magistrate · imperium · command · military · jurisdiction · administration · Caesar · tribune
ambassador
Official foreign representative
plenipotentiary · attaché · negotiator · treaty · embassy · consulate · mission · statecraft · protocol · accord
pope
Catholic Church's supreme leader
Holy See · apostolic · nuncio · ecclesiastical · pontiff · diocese · clergy · canonical · archbishop · prelate
legacy
What's passed down
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- bequestGift left by will
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
heir · testament · will · estate · endowment · patrimony · succession · devisee · probate · executor
proconsul
Roman provincial ruler
- praetorRoman judicial magistrate
- governorState's chief executive
- provinceRegional administrative district
senate · magistrate · imperium · command · military · jurisdiction · administration · Caesar · tribune · centurion
- Ancient RomansJulius Caesar, patricians, consuls, Marcus Aurelius, Nero
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- Caesar's GaulJulius Caesar, Gaul, Gallic Wars, legions, Roman legions
- Catholic figurescardinals, archbishops, abbots, bishops, friars
- medieval churchabbeys, abbey, abbot, abbots, abbess
- Papal HistoryVatican, Holy See, pontiffs, tiara, College of Cardinals
legatescardinals
Pope-electing prelates or finches
ordinaries · metropolitans · patriarchs · abbots · parish priests
legateshosts
Those who entertain guests
receivers · sovereigns · principals · senders · monarchs
delegate, relegate, delegation, delegated, delegates, delegating, legatee, relegation, legate