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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
legation/lɪˈɡeɪʃn/

▶noun

1 a diplomatic mission.

2 the official residence of a diplomat.

3 archaic the sending of a papal legate on a mission.
■ a legateship.

– origin ME: from L. legatio(n-), from legare ‘depute, delegate, bequeath’.

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