| 单词 | in ambassade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (also of) ambassade 1. The business or function of an ambassador (chiefly in sense 1, i.e. an envoy or emissary); a political or diplomatic mission or negotiation. Formerly frequently in †in (also of) ambassade: in the role of ambassador; on a diplomatic mission (obsolete). Cf. embassade n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > the sending of ambassadors or envoys > mission or function of ambassador ambassade1395 embassadryc1405 ambassadryc1410 embassadec1453 bassade1458 basetry1462 ambassy1560 embassy1563 mission1671 embassage1677 12 Concl. Lollards (Trin. Hall Cambr.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) 22 304 (MED) Þis is oure ambaciat [L. ambaciata] þat Crist has comaundid us for to pursue. 1417 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 61 Thambassiatours of oure Brothir the Duc of Baire..have been here with us and doon theire Ambassiat. 1450 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 280 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 Whan he was at Toures in ambassiad. 1549 King Edward VI Lit. Remains 239 Sir Philip Hobbey, lately cum from his ambassad in Flaundres. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 681 He was there of Ambassade for the mariage of King Edward. 1689 Earl of Melfort Let. in J. Macpherson Orig. Papers (1775) I. 320 This man, pretending so odd an ambassade, has a secret correspondence and access to the ministers. 1727 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 321 A sort of ambassade from the Kirk to the King. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. iii. v. 262 When our Heavenly King appoints his anointed Representative on earth, he gives to that human delegate no power to resign the ambassade and trust. 1998 T. Montgomery Medieval Spanish Epic ii. 100 A discussion of this mission necessitates consideration of the previous one, the second ambassade before the king. < as lemmas |
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