embassage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of embassage
Variant of ambassage < Old French ambasse (< Medieval Latin ambactia office; embassy ) + -age
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
I liked to see them in the white robe and the curious embroidery; they were a note of wholesomeness, an embassage from the old English village life to our filthy 'industrial centre.'
From The Secret Glory by Machen, Arthur
At length they sent an embassage to Paris, and after some difficulties and delay they succeeded in obtaining the consent of the French government that the princess should pass through the French territories by land.
From Richard II Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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