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
Alan and the nobles who were with him sent an embassage to the court of King Henry to bring William home.
From William the Conqueror Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
To this embassage Lævinus coolly replied "that he did not choose to accept Pyrrhus as a mediator, and that he did not fear him as an enemy."
From Pyrrhus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
Oh yes; it is an embassage, and they will expect to enter the place.
From Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills by Groome, William H. C.
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
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