embassage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of embassage
Variant of ambassage < Old French ambasse (< Medieval Latin ambactia office; embassy ) + -age
Example Sentences
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He sent a respectful embassage to Henry, recognizing his own acknowledged subjection to Henry as his sovereign, and imploring his protection!
From William the Conqueror Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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
By this embassage the arrangement of the marriage was finally concluded.
From Richard II Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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 Freytag, Gustav
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
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