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or dulmcd the rank of legates by right of office In their legatura (lcg-4-tfl'ra), n. [It., = E. ligature, 
particular sees. q. V .J In nnixic, same as ligature. 
+ '"" 
The Lori! Cardinal I'ole, sent here ta Legate 
From our most Holy Kathi-r Julius, Pope. 
Tennyxin, Queen Mary, Hi. 3. 
The Parliament forbade him to usurp the privileges of 
his legature. Clarendon, Eeligion and Policy, vi. 
legatet, '-' [MK. /<<//< = Sp. hyado = It. Jc- leg-bail (leg'bal), . Escape from custody; 
ijuin, < L. IK/HI n HI, \\i-\i\. f tii/atiix, pp. of le;/<tr<; flight from danger of arrest or capture. [Hu- 
bequeath: M legate, *.\ltfaey.'] A legacy. 
In dysposynK thy Ifijatyt, pay nrste thy servanntls. 
I'liitieal Poemt, etc. (ed. Furnlvall), p. 32. 
legatee (leg-a-te'), H. [< L. legatuii, pp. of le- 
tliin; bequeath (see legate, . a , legacy), + -ee 1 .'] 
One to whom a legacy is bequeathed ; in the civil 
line, :uulas sometimes loosely used in both Great 
Britain and the United States, one to whom 
property, real or personal, is given by will. 
legatesnip (leg'at-ship), w, [< legate, n.i, + 
-xliiii.] The office or position of a legate. 
Thus, by the chance and change of Popes, the LeyatMp 
of Anselme could take no place. 
//..',../,./, Hen. I., an. 1116. 
legatlne (leg'a-tin), a. [< legate, .i, + -iei.] 
1. Of or pertaining to a legate. 
All those things you have done of late, 
lly your power leijatiiu; within this kingdom, 
Fall into the compass of a pnemunire. 
Shale., Hen. VHI., ill. 2. 339. 
Sending from about them [the apostles] to all countryes 
their Bishops and Archbishops as their deputies, with a 
kind of Legantine power. 
Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remount. 
2. Made by or proceeding from a legate : spe- 
cifically applied to certain ecclesiastical laws 
morous.] 
The summons and complmlnt were supplied by the 
tomahawk, while judgment was enforced by the scalping 
knifi!, with leg bail or a tribal warfare as a court of last 
resort. The Century, XXXVII. 882. 
To give leg-ball, to escape from custody or arrest by 
absconding : hence, In general, to seek safety by flight. 
(Colloq.J 
He has us now If he could only give us leg-baa again ; 
and he must be In the same boat with us. 
Diekent, Oliver Twist, xix. 
leg-band (leg'band), . A band secured around 
the leg, serving as part of the dress, and form- 
ing the only or principal covering of the leg, 
now worn by some Italian peasants, etc.; one 
of a set of bands passing diagonally around the 
leg below the knee and forming a defense for 
armed men. 
leg-bone (leg'bon), n. Any bone of the hind 
limb of a vertebrate. These are the femur or thigh- 
bone; the tibia, shin-bone, or leg-bone proper ; the fibula, 
perone, or outer bone of the lower leg; the patella or 
Kneepan ; and, In animals which walk upon the toes, the 
bones of the tarsus and metatarsus, such as the cannon- 
hone of the horse or ox. See cuts under cannon-bone, ft- 
cmcally applied to certain ecclesiastical laws leg _^ ot (W'bot), n. In a harness, a horse- 
enacted m national synods in England under b * ot 7 xte \J ng (go, the hoof to the knee, used 
the presidency of legates from the Pope about t . thelimb. 
the time of Henry III. , t (lee'bi) n In 
When any one is absolved from excommunication, it Is , ' J* 
-= -. , = ., cricket, a run made on a 
balf touching any part of the batsman's person 
except bis hand. 
leget (lej), t'. t. A Middle English aphetic form 
of allege^ and allege"*. 
il Jurisdiction : seen in England espe- legeancet n. Same as legiance for allegiance. 
W court' of h a " aTo^eV^^irituai legementt, An obsolete form of ledgment. 
legem-ponet (le'jem-po'ne), n. [< L. legem pone, 
the tiue, in the Anglican prayer-book, of a 
psalm (the fifth division of Ps. cxix., which be- 
gins in the Vulgate with these words: "Legem 
pone mihi, Domine, viam justificationum tua- 
When any 
provided by a legatine constitution that some one shall 
publish such absolution. Aylife, Parergon. 
Also legantine. 
Legatine court, a court held by a papal legate, and ex- 
ercising ecclesiastical '- <-"-"-- '- w i < i ~- 
clally in the time of " 
thus controlling and absorbing in a degree the functions 
of the courts of the Church of England. 
legation (le-ga'shon), n. [< P. legation = 8p. 
legacion = Pg. legacjto = It. legazionc, < L. lego- 
. , . , >on m , , - 
tto(n-), an embassy, < legatus, pp. of legare, mm"; A. V.," Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy 
send, depute: see legate, AJ 1. A sending statutes") appointed for the 25th day of the 
forth ; a commissioning of one or more persons 
to act at a distance for another or for others; 
the office or functions of a legate or envoy. 
And thys busynesse was farre dyuerse from worldlye 
affaires ; euen so was this kind of ambassade or Legatyon 
new. and such a one as had not bene vscd before. 
J. UdaU, On Mark vi. 
The holy Jesus went now to eat his last paschal supper, 
and to finish the work of his legation. 
Jrr. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), I. 301. 
2. The person or persons sent to represent a 
government at a foreign court ; an embassy ; 
a diplomatic minister and his suite: as, the 
legation of the United States at Paris. 
A legation or embassy comprises, In most cases, besides 
the minister, one or more persons, known either as conn- Thf Affectionate Shepheard (1594). 
sellors of embassy, "*^<*>**&*"!** , th| nere ,. nothlng to ^ ^ted, all their speech 
E. Schuyler, Amer. Diplomacy, p. 122. u m ^ Qr die with * their m Cu8t ome they will de- 
3. The place of business or the official abode of tainethee. Q. Minthul, Essays in Prison, p. 26. (Kant.-) 
an embassy. 4. Formerly, the designation of legend ( i e j' en d or le'jend), n. [< ME. kgende, 
any one of those six Papal States that were ^* OF } eg j en(le> F- ^olm Sp. legenda = Pg. 
governed by cardinal legates. legenda, lenda = It. leggenda = D. G. Dan. le- 
The pope began his government of Ferrara, now become - * - *- 
a legation like Bologna. Brougham. 
legatissimo (la-ga-te'si-mo), a. and adv. In 
mimic, in the smoothest, most connected, most 
month. This psalm came to be associated es- 
pecially with the 25th day of March, formerly 
the beginning of the year, and thus a general 
pay-day ; hence the application of the phrase 
to "ready money," an application probably 
assisted by a humorous twist given to the lit- 
eral translation ' lay down the law,' taken to 
mean 'lay down what is required,' i. e. "the 
needful," ' ' the ready " : L. legem, ace. of lex, law 
(see legal); pone, 2d pers. sing. impv. oiponere, 
put. place, lay: see ponent.] Keady money; 
cash. [Old slang.] 
If legtm pone comes, he is receav'd, 
When VIx baud habeo is of hope bereav'd. 
leger 
This also was furthered by the Lrytnd of Daphne, re- 
corded by the Poet*. I'urcJuu, I'llgrlmmie, p. 82. 
3. A musical composition set toa pm-ticul story, 
or intended to express such a story without 
words. 4. An inscription or device of any 
kind; particularly, the inscription on a shield or 
coat of arms, or the explanatory inscription on 
a monument or under a plan or drawing, or the 
inscription which accompanies a picture, whe- 
ther descriptive or supposed to stand for words 
used by the persons represented in the pic- 
ture. 
The new inscription In fresh paint, Peffer and 8nagby, 
displacing the time-honoured and not easily to be deci- 
phered legend, Peffer, only. Didmu, Bleak House, x. 
5. In iiiniii-1., the words or letters stamped on 
the obverse or the reverse of a coin or medal: 
sometimes differentiated from inscription as the 
reading around the circumference of a coin or 
medal, and sometimes as all that is inscribed ex- 
cepting the name of the sovereign or other per- 
son represented. 
The first fault therefore which I shall find with a modern 
legend Is Its diffusiveness ; you have sometimes the whole 
fiile of :i lmil;il rm-niMi uitli it. 
Adduon, Ancient Medals, 111. 
6f. A roll ; list ; book. 
Many tales je tellen that Theologye lerneth ; 
And that I man made was and my name yentred 
In the legende of lyf longe er I were, 
Or elles vnwriten for somme wtkkednesoe as holywrit wyt- 
nesseth. fieri floicman (B), x. 876. 
Golden Legend, the "Aurea Legenda" of the middle ages, 
the most popular of all hagiological records, consisting of 
lives of saints and histories and descriptions of festivals. 
It was written by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Ge- 
noa, about the end of the thirteenth century, and Is filled 
with fancies and inventions so extravagant as to be now 
universally discredited, 
legend (lej'end or le'jend), v. t. [< legend, n.] 
1. To narrate or celebrate in or as in a legend. 
Nor ladies wanton love, nor wand'ring knight 
Legend 1 out in rhlmes all richly dlght. 
//;-. Hall, Satires, L 1. 
Som of these perhaps by others are legended for great 
Saints. Milton, Hist. Eng., iii. 
2. To furnish with an inscription; inscribe 
with a legend: as, "a legended tomb,"Poe. 
legenda (le-jen'dft), n. pi. [L., things to be 
read : see legend. ] " Eccles. , t h ings which may bo 
or are to be read, as distinguished from credenda, 
things to be believed. 
legendary (lej'en- or le' jen-da-ri), a. and n. [= 
F. Ugendaire = Sp. Pg. legen'dario = It. leggen- 
dario, < ML. legendariun, prop, adj., pertaining 
to legends (as a noun, sc. liber, a book of le- 
gends), < legenda, a legend: see legend.'] I. a. 
Consisting of legends; like a legend; tradi- 
tional; mythical; fabulous. 
Thereupon she took 
A bird's-eye view of all the ungracious past ; 
legato manner. 
legato (la-ga'to), a 
"'<.. and 
gende = Sw. legend, a legend, < ML. legenda, 
f., a legend, story, esp. the lives of the saints; 
orig. things to be read, neut. pi. of fut. pass. 
part, of legere, read. = Or. Myctv, speak: see 
rT . , lecture, etc.] 1. In the early church, a selection 
v, _,_.- n. L"., pp. or of readings from Scripture appointed for use at 
legare, tie, < L. lignre, tie: see ligament.] 1 divine service; later, and more especially, the 
a. and adr. In music, m a smooth, connected chronlc i e or register of the lives of the saints, 
manner, without breaks or pauses between former i y rea d a t matins and in the refectories 
successive tones : opposed to staccato. It is usu- nf roii-rioiis houses 
ally Indicated by the word itself (or Its abbreviation leg.\ ' 
by a sweeping curve, * or ^_,, above or below the notes The Legend contained all the lessons out of Holy Writ, 
to be performed without break, or (for single notes and and the works of the fathers, read at matins, 
chords in the midst of staccato passages) by the mark Rock, Church of our Fathers, III. it 212. 
or j_ above or below. 2 An entertaining story, especially in early 
II. . A smooth, connected manner of per- timeg Qne re i atin / to wonders or miracles told 
formance, or a passage so performed. In sing 
ing and on wind-instruments a strict legato is produced 
only when more tones than one are made continuously by 
a single breath ; on instruments with a keyboard, like the 
organ and the pianoforte, it is produced by holding each 
key until just as the next is struck: on bowed inslni 
ments it is produced by a continuous motion of the bow, 
either up or down. 
legator U>'-^' :1 'tor), n. [< L. legator, a testator, < 
IrgiititK, pp. of legare, bequeath: see legate, i. 2 .] 
A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy. 
times one relating 
of a saint ; hence, any unauthentic and improb- 
able or non-historical narrative handed down 
from early times ; a tradition. 
Thou shall, why! that thou llvest. yere by yere, 
The most party of thy tyme spende 
In making of a glorious Legende 
Of Ooode Womnien, maidenes, and wives 
That weren trewe in lovinge all her lives. 
Chaucer, Prot to Good Women, L 488. 
A fair estate 
Bequeath'd by some It.imtor't last intent. 
Hind ami I'unther. 11.375. 
It were infinite, and indeed ridiculous, to speak of all 
thf Minnies reported to be done by this St. Dunstan, 
which may be fit for a Legend, but not for a Chronicle. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 13. 
Glanced at the legendary Amazon 
As emblematic of a nobler age. 
Tennyion, Princess, II. 
II. .; pi. legendaries (-riz). 1. A chronicle 
or register of the lives of the saints: same as 
legend, 1. 2. A book of legends. 
Read the Countess of Pembroke's " Arcadia," a gallant 
legendary, full of pleasurable accidents. Jama VI. 
3. A relater or compiler of legends, 
legendist (lej'en- or le'jen-dist), t. [< legend 
+ -isf.] A writer of legends. 
This was decidedly an Invention of the legendirt. 
SouUiey, Letters, IV. 312. (Bncyc. Diet.) 
legendize (lej'en- or le'jen-dlz). r. t. ; pret. and 
pp. lfQcndi:ed, ppr. legcndiang. [< legend + -ire.] 
To affix a legend to ; inscribe with a legend. 
Legendre's equation. See equation. 
Legendrian (le-jen'dri-an), a. [< Legendre 
(see def.) + -fan.] Pertaining to or invented 
by the eminent French mathematician Adrien 
Marie Legendre (1752-1833) Legendrian func- 
tion. SeefimcKon. Legendrian or Legendre's sym- 
bol, a symbol, looking like a fraction in parenthesis, used 
In the theory of numbers. It Is equal to plus or minus 
unity, according as the numerator is or Is not a quadratic 
residue of the denominator. It vanishes if the numerator 
Is divisible by the denominator. 
leger 1 *, n. and a. An obsolete form of ledger 1 . 
leger- (lej'er), ft. [Also ledger; < OF. legier. 
ligier, leger, F. leger = Sp. ligero = Pg. ligeiro 
= It. leggiero, light, nimble, < L. as if 'leriari- 
us, < levis, light: see fertty.] 1. Light or small, 
as a line. See phrases below. 2t. Slight ; un- 
important; trivial: as, " leger performances," 
Bacon Leger line, in murieal _ . 1 1^, a. 
notation, a short line added above M fct* *. 
or below a stalf to increase its ex- - 
tent ti-niponirilytomorethanthe 
usual five lines. The leger lines - 
are numbered from the staff both " g^ LJM ^ m tjiw 
upward and downward. Also o4hprM>. 
