Plural of delegacy; offices, positions, or territories of delegats or delegates.
From 'delegacy' (from 'delegate' plus '-acy' meaning 'office or position') with plural '-ies'. The root is Latin 'delegare.'
This word connects to papal and church history: a 'delegacy' was historically a territory or administrative region ruled by a papal delegate in the Papal States of Italy.
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