embassage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of embassage
Variant of ambassage < Old French ambasse (< Medieval Latin ambactia office; see embassy) + -age
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To the beloved trees and birds of his old home Lowell returned from his embassage, and here, with his daughter, he passed his last years among his books and a chosen circle of friends.
From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe
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 Lewis Wingfield
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 Gustav Freytag
The years went by; The last had brought King Oswy's embassage With suit obsequious, 'Let the princess share With me her father's crown.'
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by Aubrey De Vere
In a fit of passion, produced by an unsatisfactory answer to an embassage, he set off suddenly, and without any proper preparation, to march into Ethiopia.
From Darius the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
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