legation
noun/lɪˈɡeɪʃn/
/lɪˈɡeɪʃn/
- a group of diplomats representing their government in a foreign country in an office that is below the rank of an embassy
- the building where these people work
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the sending of a papal legate; also the mission itself): from Latin legatio(n-), from legare ‘depute, delegate, bequeath’.
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