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ablegate

(æbˈlɛɡət)
n
a papal envoy who has important duties abroad such as bringing a cardinal's insignia to him when he has just been appointed, or taking a message to a sovereign
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The verb ablegate is marked with a dagger in OED, and is described as obsolete and rare.
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