embassage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of embassage
Variant of ambassage < Old French ambasse (< Medieval Latin ambactia office; embassy ) + -age
Example Sentences
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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 were surely as peaceful-looking an embassage as ever sought a distrustful enemy.
From White Fire by Oxenham, John
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 Child, Lydia Maria Francis
Dread thee nothing, maiden, of this; From heaven above hither am I sent Of embassage from that King of bliss Unto thee, Lady and Virgin reverent!
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
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 Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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