legate

Example Sentences

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No kings, no emperor, some middlingly important nobles and one papal legate led the expedition.

From Salon

Except for his time as legate, and for an ongoing feud with a notorious scoundrel named Regulus, the younger Pliny did not lead an especially eventful life.

From New York Times

Following a complex series of long-distance negotiations involving Prince Frederick III and the pontiff, papal legate Cardinal Cajetan formally examined Luther at Augsburg.

From Washington Post

The papal legate could hardly step out on the streets without being accosted by angry, agitated citizens.

From Washington Post

That Francis forced Festing’s resignation without deigning to pick up Burke’s gauntlet was further vindication of the Pope, who will soon appoint his own legate to run the Order.

From The New Yorker