2. Verb. (third-person singular of ablegate) ¹
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Definition of Ablegates
1. ablegate [n] - See also: ablegate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ablegates
Literary usage of Ablegates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1903)
"... in reward for distinct achievement as ablegates, archbishops, bishops, abbots;
or who subsequently succeeded to the ..."
2. Studies in Modern German Literature: Sundermann; Hauptmann; Women Writers of by Otto Heller (1905)
"Examples of the same kind might easily be multiplied. Theatrical rather than
dramatic are likewise the ablegates, as we have ..."
3. The Fortnightly Review (1866)
"... and by a local Diet, the chief business of legislation has been done by the
Hungarian Reichstag, helped by Croat deputies or ablegates. ..."
4. The Externals of the Catholic Church: Her Government, Ceremonies, Festivals by John Francis Sullivan (1917)
"... Vicars and ablegates. CHAPTER III THE BISHOPS AND THE DIOCESAN CLERGY The
Archbishops. After the Cardinals come the Archbishops, and of these there are ..."
5. History of Richard Cromwell and the Restoration of Charles II by Guizot (François) (1856)
"... and also on the ground that, as they were ablegates extraordinary, they were
entitled to equal consideration with the ambassador of Holland. ..."
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