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Feb 7, 2023
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Misleading words

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armipotent
legation
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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.

USAGE:
“The opening of a papal legation [in Saudi Arabia] and construction of a church, predicts a royal adviser, are only a matter of time.”
Hosannahs in the Sand?; The Economist (London, UK); Aug 4, 2018.

See more usage examples of legation in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance, any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it. -Charles Dickens, novelist (7 Feb 1812-1870)

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