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Downgrade envoy after the Holy See becomes discontented? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

relegate

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'downgrade' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'envoy after the holy see becomes discontented?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'envoy' could be 'legate' (legate is a kind of envoy) and 'legate' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 're' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for relegate that I've seen before include "Send down" , "Demote" , "Put in a lower division" , "Move to a lower position" , "Consign to less important place - maybe a soccer team" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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