Vocabulary : Legatary to Legature

Legatary : A legatee.
Legate : An ambassador or envoy. ;; An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See. ;; An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province. ;; Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
Legatee : One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
Legateship : The office of a legate.
Legatine : Of or pertaining to a legate; as, legatine power. ;; Made by, proceeding from, or under the sanction of, a legate; as, a legatine constitution.

Legation : The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another. ;; 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. ;; The place of business or official residence of a diplomatic minister at a foreign court or seat of government. ;; A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.
Legato : Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a tie, thus /, /, or /, /, written over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to staccato.
Legator : A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy.
Legatura : A tie or brace; a syncopation.
Legature : Legateship.

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