Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To send abroad.
- noun A papal envoy who carries insignia or presents of honor to newly appointed cardinals or civil dignitaries. Apostolic ablegates are of higher rank than those designated pontifical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.
- transitive verb obsolete To send abroad.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To send abroad.
- noun Roman Catholicism A representative of the
pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to anewly namedcardinal hisinsignia of office.
Etymologies
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Examples
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There stood the bureau's "ablegate," the official interpreter by his side.
Under Fire Charles King 1888
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If the creation of a cardinal takes place outside of Italy, the scarlet zucchetta is sent him by one of the pope's Guardie Nobili (Noble Guards), and the scarlet biretta by a special ablegate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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He was consecrated at New York by the papal ablegate, Mgr Bedini, on 30 Oct., 1853, and on 5 Nov. arrived at Burlington, where he was installed the following day by Bishop Fitzpatrick.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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After his ordination he carried the decrees of the last Plenary Council of Baltimore to Rome, and returned as secretary to Bishop Conroy, ablegate to Canada.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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This congregation also instructs the members of the Noble Guard and the ablegate who are sent to convey to new cardinals, living in Catholic states outside of Rome, the news of their promotion, together with the cardinal's hat and the red biretta.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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According to the letter which he sent to his superiors (published at the beginning of Mansi's thirty-eighth volume), the chief abuses to be corrected by the ablegate were: (1) The Maronite bishops, in virtue of an ancient custom, had in their households a certain number of religious women, whose lodgings were, as a rule, separated from the bishop's only by a door of communication.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Apostolic ablegate and the bearer of the Golden Rose.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The Apostolic ablegate is generally a Roman prelate or private chamberlain, sent to bear the cardinal's biretta to a new cardinal who is absent from the residence of the pope.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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