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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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
The persons empowered for this embassage were Herr M�mer, Master Daniel, and Herr Notarius.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
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
It so happened that, just at that time, an embassage arrived from the Cacique with complaints of the robbery, and demanding the punishment of the offenders.
From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
They sent forward an embassage to meet Pyrrhus on the way, and demand wherefore he was coming.
From Pyrrhus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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