legate
Example Sentences
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These legates were often politicians rather than soldiers, meaning that the key figures in actual battle were the centurions, each of whom had earned his position through exemplary service.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
He accepted the death sentence that the high priests and imperial legates placed upon him, but he never stopped laying bare their hypocrisy.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2013
Poignant and dignified, she spun out the Willow Song and Desdemona's final prayer in long, crystalline legates.
From Time Magazine Archive
He, his Secretary of State, his legates and his nuncios dealt with rulers.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Locri was destroyed by one of his legates, the Locrians were not avenged by him, nor was the arrogance of that legate corrected, all this arising from his easygoing nature.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
