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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Legat-, Legait-nait, n. [Med. L. legatus natus lit. ‘legate born’ (cf. Legat n. 1 b): cf. F. lēgat né] An archbishop having the dignity of a papal legate by virtue of a right attached to his office and not by separate personal creation. — 1517 Acts II. 395/1.]
[(Archbishop of St. Andrews, etc.) cum potestate legati de latere legatum natum &c. 1537 St. A. Formulare II. 174.
Ws David … cardinall … , archbishop of Sanctandrois, primate and legait nait of all Scotland 1551 Hamilton Cat. i.
The maist reverend father in God John Archbishop of sanct Androus legatnait and primat of the kirk of Scotland