LEGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legation mean? 

• LEGATION (noun)
  The noun LEGATION has 2 senses:

1. the post or office of legate

2. a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister

  Familiarity information: LEGATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The post or office of legate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

legateship; legation

Hypernyms ("legation" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

foreign mission; legation

Hypernyms ("legation" is a kind of...):

diplomatic mission (a mission serving diplomatic ends)

Meronyms (members of "legation"):

legate; official emissary (a member of a legation)

 Context examples 

One of these was his present companion, Baron Von Herling, the chief secretary of the legation, whose huge 100-horse-power Benz car was blocking the country lane as it waited to waft its owner back to London.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)