The Collaborative International Dictionary
Legatine
Legatine \Leg"a*tine\ (-[.a]*t[imac]n), a.
Of or pertaining to a legate; as, legatine power.
--Holinshed.Made by, proceeding from, or under the sanction of, a legate; as, a legatine constitution.
--Ayliffe.
Wiktionary
legatine
a. 1 belonging to a legate 2 headed by a legate 3 enacted by a legate
Usage examples of "legatine".
Calling all the prelates and mitred abbots to Winchester early in April, and firmly declaring the gathering a legatine council, no mere church assembly, had ensured his supremacy at the subsequent discussions, giving him precedence over Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury, who in purely English church matters was his superior.