| Main Entry: | envoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deputy |
Synonyms: |
agent, ambassador, attaché, bearer, carrier, chargé d'affaires, consul, courier, delegate, diplomat, emissary, intermediary, internuncio, legate, medium, messenger, minister, nuncio, plenipotentiary, representative, vicar |
| Main Entry: | legate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consul |
Synonyms: |
agent, ambassador, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, nuncio, representative |
| Notes: | a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people, often at a conference during an assembly's regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group |
| Main Entry: | pope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | head of Catholic Church |
Synonyms: |
ablegate, bishop of rome, legate, nuncio, otho, papacy, paparchy, pontifex maximus. associatedwords: papal, pontiff, pontifical, popedom, popery, popish, see, vatican, vicegerent |