LEGATION

PRONUNCIATION: (li-GAY-shuhn)

MEANING: noun:
1. A diplomatic mission ranking below an embassy.
2. The premises of such a mission.
3. The diplomat and staff of such a mission.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin legare (to depute). Earliest documented use: 1425.
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LEGOTION - conversion to brightly-colored interlocking bricks

LEGATHON - a trial that goes on for days without interruption

LE CATION - an ion with a positive charge, first discovered and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris