embassage

American  

[em-buh-sij] / ˈɛm bə sɪdʒ /

noun

Archaic.

1. embassy.

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Etymology

Origin of embassage

Variant of ambassage < Old French ambasse (< Medieval Latin ambactia office; see embassy) + -age

Example Sentences

At length they sent an embassage to Paris, and after some difficulties and delay they succeeded in obtaining the consent of the French government that the princess should pass through the French territories by land.

From Richard II Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

I liked to see them in the white robe and the curious embroidery; they were a note of wholesomeness, an embassage from the old English village life to our filthy 'industrial centre.'

From The Secret Glory by Machen, Arthur

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

This embassage consisted of an archbishop, two earls, and twenty knights, attended each by two squires, making forty squires in all, and five hundred horsemen.

From Richard II Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

Sure thou hast triumphed often enough in despising my humble suit, without wounding me afresh to-day, and when I fain would rally my poor wits to honorably fulfill the embassage that brings me here.

From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)