Definition of Ablegates

1. Noun. (plural of ablegate) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of ablegate) ¹

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Definition of Ablegates

1. ablegate [n] - See also: ablegate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ablegates

able-bodied seamen
able-bodiedism
able-bodiedness
able-bodism
able-bodyism
able-minded
able-mindedness
able rating
able seaman
able seamen
able to get a word in edgewise
abled
ableeze
ablegate
ablegated
ablegates (current term)
ablegating
ablegation
ablegations
ableism
ableisms
ableist
ableists
ablen
ableness
ablenesses
ablens
ablepharon
ablepharous

Literary usage of Ablegates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1903)
"... in reward for distinct achievement as ablegates, archbishops, bishops, abbots; or who subsequently succeeded to the ..."

2. Studies in Modern German Literature: Sundermann; Hauptmann; Women Writers of by Otto Heller (1905)
"Examples of the same kind might easily be multiplied. Theatrical rather than dramatic are likewise the ablegates, as we have ..."

3. The Fortnightly Review (1866)
"... and by a local Diet, the chief business of legislation has been done by the Hungarian Reichstag, helped by Croat deputies or ablegates. ..."

4. The Externals of the Catholic Church: Her Government, Ceremonies, Festivals by John Francis Sullivan (1917)
"... Vicars and ablegates. CHAPTER III THE BISHOPS AND THE DIOCESAN CLERGY The Archbishops. After the Cardinals come the Archbishops, and of these there are ..."

5. History of Richard Cromwell and the Restoration of Charles II by Guizot (François) (1856)
"... and also on the ground that, as they were ablegates extraordinary, they were entitled to equal consideration with the ambassador of Holland. ..."

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