Middle English Dictionary Entry
delegāt n.
Entry Info
| Forms | delegāt n. |
| Etymology | From ppl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Eccl. A commissioner of the pope, a legate.
Associated quotations
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)167/14 : Þei submittid hem to þe ordinans of þe fore-seide delegate.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)229/17 : Hugh, by the grace of God bysshoppe of lincolne, j. & b., abbotes of seynt alban & of stratford, delegates in the causes of pope celestine þe iij.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxxiv : But take we heede to þe popes & cardinals boþe, to bishopis, to colectors, to suffriganes, also delegates & commyssaries & archedeekenes.