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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He wondered whether Amy Loring's embassage had been inspired.
From The Education of Eric Lane by Stephen McKenna
But it was determined to send another embassage to him, to call to his mind that he must appear without fail, as he had occasioned this transaction.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Gustav Freytag
She soon after sent an embassage to the Pope, requesting more missionaries among her people.
From An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans by Lydia Maria Francis Child
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
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