Middle English Dictionary Entry
vislēgāte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vislēgāte n. Also vilegate. |
| Etymology | From lēgāt(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mil. An officer who acts as deputy to the emperor’s legate [cp.Vegetius(1) 85/18-23].
Associated quotations
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)863 : The propre juge is the Provost…With worthinesse of the first ordynaunce; The vilegate is he by mynystraunce Of his power, to hym the Centeners Obey, and the Trybune and Chiualers.