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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They were surely as peaceful-looking an embassage as ever sought a distrustful enemy.
From White Fire by Oxenham, John
They sent a new embassage, with demands more urgent than before.
From William the Conqueror Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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 De Vere, Aubrey
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)
All this business required so much time, that this embassage, like the other, remained three weeks in Paris, and then they returned home to London, and reported to Richard what they had done.
From Richard II Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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