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Legatine

Legatine \Leg"a*tine\ (-[.a]*t[imac]n), a.

  1. Of or pertaining to a legate; as, legatine power.
    --Holinshed.

  2. Made by, proceeding from, or under the sanction of, a legate; as, a legatine constitution.
    --Ayliffe.

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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.