Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
legatine .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective See
legatine .
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- adjective Obsolete form of
legatine .
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Examples
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And so he departed as he came, for no man receiued him as legat, neither did he exercise anie legantine authoritie.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I. Raphael Holinshed
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Clement, whereby his power legantine ceased: wherewith being somewhat abashed, [Sidenote: The lord chancellor and earle John are agréed.] he came to a communication with earle John, and vpon certeine conditions made peace with him.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First Raphael Holinshed
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He is said to have written a life of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, and we know that he had legantine powers at the opening of the century.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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Clairvaulx -- despatched Cardinal Papiron, with legantine powers, to correct abuses, and establish a stricter discipline.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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From Rome he returned with legantine powers which he used with great energy during the year 1180.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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Clairvaulx -- despatched Cardinal Papiron, with legantine powers, to correct abuses, and establish a stricter discipline.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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From Rome he returned with legantine powers which he used with great energy during the year 1180.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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He is said to have written a life of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, and we know that he had legantine powers at the opening of the century.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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But alarmed, as well as enraged, at seeing the man whom he regarded as his bitterest personal enemy placed in a situation so convenient for carrying on intrigues with the disaffected papists in England, Henry addressed so strong a remonstrance to the governess of the Netherlands, as caused her to send the cardinal out of the country before he had begun to exercise the functions of his legantine office.
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822
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Mary's accession, Charles V. impeded the journey of Pole into England till her marriage with his son Philip had been actually solemnized; but this was probably rather from a persuasion of the inexpediency of the cardinal's sooner opening his legantine commission in England, than from any fear of his supplanting in Mary's affections his younger rival, though some have ascribed to the emperor the latter motive.
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822
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