embassage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of embassage
Variant of ambassage < Old French ambasse (< Medieval Latin ambactia office; see embassy) + -age
Example Sentences
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As might have been expected, the embassage was fruitless; and the heralds returned, bringing with them, from the Greeks, not acts or proffers of submission, but stern expressions of hostility and defiance.
From Xerxes Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
To the beloved trees and birds of his old home Lowell returned from his embassage, and here, with his daughter, he passed his last years among his books and a chosen circle of friends.
From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)
With that he bade the doorkeepers open wide the gate, that his guards might drive forth the embassage.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
They sent forward an embassage to meet Pyrrhus on the way, and demand wherefore he was coming.
From Pyrrhus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
Another embassage is sent, and again the lean wallets return still flabby.
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Marson, Charles L. (Charles Latimer)
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