LEGATIONS Synonyms

• a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work

• an ambassador and his entourage collectively

• a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador

• someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

• a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry

• an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

• an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters

• a special assignment that is given to a person or group

• the organized work of a religious missionary

• a group of representatives or delegates

• standing for something else

• a person who represents others

• an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

• a member of the United States House of Representatives

• an item of information that is typical of a class or group

• serving to represent or typify

• being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives

• the post or office of legate

• an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

• a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister