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noun

Legation n.

The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another. "The Divine legation of Moses."

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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... unlucky, humdrum women at home in England, walking with the shooters, or lolling in hammocks under trees, and trying to flirt with fat City financiers or vapid young attaches of Legation! I shall take the Irish mare, and borrow an orderly, and ride out to see a ...

— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... afterward, and had also asked a great many people—all the ambassadors sent in very large lists of invitations they wanted for their compatriots, but much the largest was that sent in by the American minister. The invitations sent to the United States Legation (as it was then) were something fabulous. It seemed to me the whole of the United States were in Paris and expecting to be entertained. It is a very difficult position for the American representative ...

— My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 • Mary King Waddington

... from your last letter, you have already reached Paris, you will, no doubt, have enjoyed the pleasure of meeting with your brother Richard at our legation, whither I ...

— Skipper Worse • Alexander Lange Kielland

... who first met Whistler as a boy in Washington in the fifties, when he himself was an attach of the British Legation, took the credit for bringing Whistler and his wife together. His story was denied by Mrs. Whistler's relatives, but is interesting ...

— Whistler Stories • Don C. Seitz

... to his biography, it is to be written by Colonel Nicolay and Major Hay. They are to go to Paris together, one as attache of legation, the other as consul, and while there, will undertake the labor. They are the only men who know his life well enough to exhaust it, having followed his official tasks as closely as they shared his ...

— The Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth • George Alfred Townsend

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