ambassagen.

Brit.

/ˈambəsɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈæmbəsɪdʒ/

Forms: 1500s ambassag, 1500s (in transcript of lost Middle English MS)– ambassage, 1600s (Scottish) ambassadge. See also embassage n.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ambassade n.

Etymology: Apparently an alteration (with suffix substitution: see -age suffix) of ambassade n. Compare earlier embassage n., embassade n., and later embassy n., ambassy n.This formation is not paralleled in any Romance language. Compare Old French ambasce (see ambassy n.). This word was apparently originally stressed on the second syllable. First-syllable stress is attested from at least the early 17th cent. (compare e.g. quot. 1609 at sense 3).

Now rare.

1. The business or function of an ambassador (in various senses of ambassador n.). Also: a diplomatic or political mission. Cf. embassage n. 2.Formerly also in †in (also of) ambassage: in the role of ambassador; on a diplomatic mission (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > the sending of ambassadors or envoys

ambassage1534

embassage1539

legacy1598

embassy1611

ambassy1625

ambassadry1880

1534 (?a1500) Shearmen & Taylors' Pageant l. 57 in H. Craig Two Coventry Corpus Christi Plays (1931) 3 (MED) From heyvin a-bowe hyddur am I sent Of ambassage from that Kyng of blys Unto the, lade and virgin reyuerent!

1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 39 Knowing his troubles to arise from his Ambassage to the Lady Bona.

1721 Weekly Packet 18 Mar. The Grand Seignior has sent me in Ambassage to the most powerful and most magnanimous Emperor of France.

1907 B. Lucas Empire of Christ ii. 33 The missionary enterprise..is an ambassage for the emancipation of subject races from the fetters with which they are bound.

2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 20 Nov. 13 This kind of cultural ambassage is good for Britain.

†2. A person or group sent on a diplomatic or political mission; = embassage n. 3. Obsolete (historical in later use).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > body of

ambassade1425

embassade?a1439

legacyc1480

legation1509

ambassage1540

embassage1601

embassy1611

ambassy1620

mission1626

1540 R. Taverner Epist. & Gospelles Easter tyll Aduent f. xliij It may be lykened to an ambassage that one sendeth out, as yf oure soueraygne lorde the kynge of Englande shulde sende hys ambassadours into Fraunce, or Spayne.

1611 Bible (King James) Luke xiv. 32 Hee sendeth an ambassage [ Wyclif, a messanger; Tindale, etc., embasseatours; Rhem. a legacie], and desireth conditions of peace.

1722 I. Kimber et al. Hist. Eng. I. 160 The King not willing to lose his Prerogative, sends an Ambassage to Pope Paschal to represent his Right to the Investiture of Bishops.

1831 Boston Courier 26 May 1/3 M. Desjardius' attack of the French ambassage..was arrested on the Spanish frontiers.

1917 C. E. Scott China from Within viii. 290 The great spiked gates were shut and barred in his face, and the ambassage was foolishly shut out.

†3. A message sent or delivered by an ambassador. Frequently in extended use; cf. ambassador n. 3. Cf. embassage n. 1. Obsolete.

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society > communication > information > message > [noun] > carried by ambassador

credence1424

embassadec1425

ambassade1438

embassagea1530

ambassage1548

embassy1565

ambassy?1578

embassady1606

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > the sending of ambassadors or envoys > business or message of ambassador

legationa1425

embassadec1425

ambassade1438

embassagea1530

ambassage1548

embassy1565

ambassy?1578

1548 R. Argentine tr. M. Luther Serm. Twenteth Chapter Iohan sig. bii^v As moche as concerneth theyr Ambassage or message.

1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 281 To persiste in the pursewte of the good will of his mistres, to whom he preferred sondrie letters, ambassages by mouthe, & other excuses.

1654 T. Watson Christian's Charter (ed. 3) 272 An Ambassador may deliver his Ambassage with a trembling lip.

1789 Hieroglyphick vi. 38 The true Ambassages from the Court of Heaven.

1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xii. 135 He sends the ambassage of his submission.

†4. The position or office of ambassador; ambassadorship. Also: a posting as ambassador. Cf. embassage n. 4. Obsolete (in later use in historical contexts).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > position of

ambassage1548

ambassadorship1552

emissaryship1631

envoyship1736

1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.vii.^v They [sc. vnpreachynge Prelates] are soo troubeled wyth lordlye liuyng, they be so placed in palacies, couched in courtes,..burdened with ambassages... They are otherwyse occupyed, somme in the Kynges matters, some are ambassadoures, [etc.].

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1245/2 This man..being yet after his ambassage treasuror.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII (1860) 385 Urswick, upon whom the king bestowed this ambassage.

1768 W. Knox Present State Nation (ESTC T82183) 46 The great responsible offices of state turned into sinecures, and foreign ambassages converted into occasions for bestowing private gratifications on the followers of a minister.

1838 Court Mag. Oct. 407/2 Lord Londonderry, after being disappointed of the ambassage, sets out with his lady and family as a visitor to this northern court.

1905 F. A. Maccunn Mary Stuart vii. 72 I pray you, Sir, if you be weary here, return to Edinburgh and keep your gravity and great ambassage until the queen come thither.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambassage
释义	ambassagen. Brit. /ˈambəsɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈæmbəsɪdʒ/ Forms: 1500s ambassag, 1500s (in transcript of lost Middle English MS)– ambassage, 1600s (Scottish) ambassadge. See also embassage n. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ambassade n. Etymology: Apparently an alteration (with suffix substitution: see -age suffix) of ambassade n. Compare earlier embassage n., embassade n., and later embassy n., ambassy n.This formation is not paralleled in any Romance language. Compare Old French ambasce (see ambassy n.). This word was apparently originally stressed on the second syllable. First-syllable stress is attested from at least the early 17th cent. (compare e.g. quot. 1609 at sense 3). Now rare. 1. The business or function of an ambassador (in various senses of ambassador n.). Also: a diplomatic or political mission. Cf. embassage n. 2.Formerly also in †in (also of) ambassage: in the role of ambassador; on a diplomatic mission (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > the sending of ambassadors or envoys ambassage1534 embassage1539 legacy1598 embassy1611 ambassy1625 ambassadry1880 1534 (?a1500) Shearmen & Taylors' Pageant l. 57 in H. Craig Two Coventry Corpus Christi Plays (1931) 3 (MED) From heyvin a-bowe hyddur am I sent Of ambassage from that Kyng of blys Unto the, lade and virgin reyuerent! 1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 39 Knowing his troubles to arise from his Ambassage to the Lady Bona. 1721 Weekly Packet 18 Mar. The Grand Seignior has sent me in Ambassage to the most powerful and most magnanimous Emperor of France. 1907 B. Lucas Empire of Christ ii. 33 The missionary enterprise..is an ambassage for the emancipation of subject races from the fetters with which they are bound. 2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 20 Nov. 13 This kind of cultural ambassage is good for Britain. †2. A person or group sent on a diplomatic or political mission; = embassage n. 3. Obsolete (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > body of ambassade1425 embassade?a1439 legacyc1480 legation1509 ambassage1540 embassage1601 embassy1611 ambassy1620 mission1626 1540 R. Taverner Epist. & Gospelles Easter tyll Aduent f. xliij It may be lykened to an ambassage that one sendeth out, as yf oure soueraygne lorde the kynge of Englande shulde sende hys ambassadours into Fraunce, or Spayne. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke xiv. 32 Hee sendeth an ambassage [ Wyclif, a messanger; Tindale, etc., embasseatours; Rhem. a legacie], and desireth conditions of peace. View more context for this quotation 1722 I. Kimber et al. Hist. Eng. I. 160 The King not willing to lose his Prerogative, sends an Ambassage to Pope Paschal to represent his Right to the Investiture of Bishops. 1831 Boston Courier 26 May 1/3 M. Desjardius' attack of the French ambassage..was arrested on the Spanish frontiers. 1917 C. E. Scott China from Within viii. 290 The great spiked gates were shut and barred in his face, and the ambassage was foolishly shut out. †3. A message sent or delivered by an ambassador. Frequently in extended use; cf. ambassador n. 3. Cf. embassage n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > carried by ambassador credence1424 embassadec1425 ambassade1438 embassagea1530 ambassage1548 embassy1565 ambassy?1578 embassady1606 society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > the sending of ambassadors or envoys > business or message of ambassador legationa1425 embassadec1425 ambassade1438 embassagea1530 ambassage1548 embassy1565 ambassy?1578 1548 R. Argentine tr. M. Luther Serm. Twenteth Chapter Iohan sig. bii^v As moche as concerneth theyr Ambassage or message. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 281 To persiste in the pursewte of the good will of his mistres, to whom he preferred sondrie letters, ambassages by mouthe, & other excuses. 1654 T. Watson Christian's Charter (ed. 3) 272 An Ambassador may deliver his Ambassage with a trembling lip. 1789 Hieroglyphick vi. 38 The true Ambassages from the Court of Heaven. 1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xii. 135 He sends the ambassage of his submission. †4. The position or office of ambassador; ambassadorship. Also: a posting as ambassador. Cf. embassage n. 4. Obsolete (in later use in historical contexts). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > position of ambassage1548 ambassadorship1552 emissaryship1631 envoyship1736 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.vii.^v They [sc. vnpreachynge Prelates] are soo troubeled wyth lordlye liuyng, they be so placed in palacies, couched in courtes,..burdened with ambassages... They are otherwyse occupyed, somme in the Kynges matters, some are ambassadoures, [etc.]. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1245/2 This man..being yet after his ambassage treasuror. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII (1860) 385 Urswick, upon whom the king bestowed this ambassage. 1768 W. Knox Present State Nation (ESTC T82183) 46 The great responsible offices of state turned into sinecures, and foreign ambassages converted into occasions for bestowing private gratifications on the followers of a minister. 1838 Court Mag. Oct. 407/2 Lord Londonderry, after being disappointed of the ambassage, sets out with his lady and family as a visitor to this northern court. 1905 F. A. Maccunn Mary Stuart vii. 72 I pray you, Sir, if you be weary here, return to Edinburgh and keep your gravity and great ambassage until the queen come thither. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1534
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