ablegate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ablégate, from Latin ablēgātus, perfect passive participle of ablēgō (“I send off or away; banish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lēgō (“I dispatch, send on a commission”). See legate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (verb) /ˈæb.lə.ɡeɪt/ IPA(key): (noun) /ˈæb.lə.ɡət/ === Verb === ablegate (third-person singular simple present ablegates, present participle ablegating, simple past and past participle ablegated) (transitive, obsolete) To send abroad. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ablegate (plural ablegates) (Roman Catholicism) 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. (historical) An elected representative of a Hungarian royal free city, charged to be a speaker at the Diet of Hungary and to express the opinion of the city. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === gateable == Latin == === Verb === ablēgāte second-person plural present active imperative of ablēgō