Legation Definition

lĭ-gāshən
legations
noun
legations
The act of sending a legate on a mission.
Webster's New World
A diplomatic minister and staff collectively, representing their government in a foreign country and ranking just below an embassy.
Webster's New World
The diplomatic minister and staff of such a mission.
American Heritage
The mission.
Webster's New World
The residence or offices of such a legation.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Legation

Noun

Singular:
legation
Plural:
legations

Origin of Legation

  • From Latin lēgātiō.

    From Wiktionary

Legation Sentence Examples

  • The rest of the Europeans crowded into the British legation for their own safety.

  • At intervals from 1793 to 1801 Lang was closely connected with the Prussian statesman Hardenberg, who employed him as his private secretary and archivist, and in 1 797 he was present with Hardenberg at the congress of Rastadt as secretary to the legation.

  • By the institution of the special mission of Lord Ashburton, however, the direct negotiations between the two governments were, about the time of Everett's arrival in London, transferred to Washington, though much business was transacted at the American legation in London.

  • He succeeded, however, in obtaining priest's orders at Rome in 1832, and returned to Ireland, but subsequently went to London, officiating for some time in the chapel of the Bavarian Legation.

  • To these may be added a series of short essays, entitled Discorsi politici, composed during Guicciardini's Spanish legation.

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Words Starting With

LLELEG

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