legation

The act of sending a legate.

A diplomatic mission in a foreign country ranking below an embassy.

The diplomatic minister and staff of such a mission.

The premises occupied by such a mission.

A sending 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.

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.

The place of business or the official abode of an embassy.

Formerly, the designation of any one of those six Papal States that were governed by cardinal legates.

The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another.