A legate is a person who is the official representative of another person, especially the Pope's official representative in a particular country. = representative. an important official representative, especially an official representative of the Pope (legat, from legatus, from the past participle of legare , from lex; LEGAL)
[ 'le-g&t ] (noun.) 12th century. Late Old English, from Old French legat, from Latin legatus (noun use of past participle of legare (“bequeath, send as envoy”)).