1. to send away on a mission or errand; to dispatch
Usage: formal; rare

1. a papal envoy or legate sent on a special mission
Usage: historical; ecclesiastical

Examples

• The cardinal was ablegated to negotiate peace between the warring kingdoms.
• The ambassador was ablegated to deliver the treaty to the foreign court.
• An ablegate from Rome arrived with instructions from the Pope.
• The king ablegated his trusted advisor to settle the dispute in the provinces.
• Medieval ablegates often traveled for months to complete their missions.