Legation synonyms

lĭ-gā'shən

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committee
A person or group of people who are members of a larger body or organization and are appointed or elected by the body or organization to consider, investigate, or make recommendations concerning a particular subject or to carry out some other duty delegated to it by the body or organization on an ad hoc or permanent basis.
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deputation
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
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assignment
Assignment means the act of choosing someone to take a position of great responsibility.
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commission (related)
The act of committing or perpetrating:
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delegation (related)
The definition of a delegation is a group of people who have been tasked with a specific job or given a specific purpose, or the act of assigning a specific task or purpose to a person or group of people.
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installation (related)
The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish.
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mission
A Christian church or congregation with no cleric of its own that depends for support on a larger religious organization.
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politics (related)
Political life:
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legateship
The office or authority of a legate.
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foreign mission
A religious, esp. Christian, mission sent by a church to do missionary work esp. in a non-Christian country
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consul-general (related)
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vice-consul (related)
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embassy (related)
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attaché (related)
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consulate (related)
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Find another word for legation. In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for legation, like: committee, deputation, assignment, commission, delegation, installation, mission, politics, legateship, foreign mission and consul-general.
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Legation Sentence Examples

  • When the stress came, and he retreated to the British legation, he took an active part in the defence, and spared neither risk nor toil in his exertions.

  • When his father was sent as minister to Great Britain in 1825 he accompanied him as secretary of the American legation, and when his father returned home on account of ill health he remained as charge d'affaires until August 1826.

  • On the formation of the kingdom of Italy in 1860 they were reduced to the Comarca of Rome, the legation of Velletri, and the three delegations of Viterbo, Civita Vecchia and Frosinone; and in 1870 they disappeared from the political map of Europe.

  • At intervals from 1793 to 1801 Lang was closely connected with the Prussian statesman Hardenberg, who employed him as his private secretary and archivist, and in 1 797 he was present with Hardenberg at the congress of Rastadt as secretary to the legation.

  • By the institution of the special mission of Lord Ashburton, however, the direct negotiations between the two governments were, about the time of Everett's arrival in London, transferred to Washington, though much business was transacted at the American legation in London.

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