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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By this embassage the arrangement of the marriage was finally concluded.
From Richard II Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
After much deliberation, they sent an embassage, composed of fifty of their most prominent men, bearing rich presents.
From Hernando Cortez Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Through that dim hall Ere long a gentler embassage made way, Three priests; arrived, they knelt, and, reverent, spake: 'Fathers and brethren, Oswald was a Saint!
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by Aubrey De Vere
Here they halted, and determined to send an embassage to the king to demand an audience.
From Richard II Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
The good father accompanied this peaceful embassage, and slept in the camp of the Illinois.
From The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
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