† messageryn.

Forms: late Middle English messagerie, late Middle English messagerye, late Middle English 1800s messagery, 1600s messagry.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French messagerie.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French messagerie (13th. cent. in Old French) < message message n. + -erie -ery suffix; compare also messager messenger n. Compare post-classical Latin messageria (from late 13th cent. in British sources). Compare messagerie n. and messengery n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·sėdʒĕri) /ˈmɛsɪdʒərɪ/.

Obsolete.

1. The occupation or function of a messenger (in quot. c1430 personified); the delivery of a message or performance of an errand.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > office of

messageryc1430

postship1545

heraldry1593

messengership1611

peonage1900

c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls 228 I saw..Beute..Youthe..Flaterye and Desyr, Messagerye and Meede.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Messagry, (old word) diligence in doing a message.

a1881 T. Carlyle Hist. Sketches (1898) 80 There are the country carriers [on a market day], packing, unpacking; swift diligence, thousandfold messagery looking through their eyes.

2. A body of messengers. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > body of

diligence1486

messageryc1500

c1500 Melusine (1895) 69 In this messagery or embassade were sent two wyse knightes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	messagery
释义	† messageryn. Forms: late Middle English messagerie, late Middle English messagerye, late Middle English 1800s messagery, 1600s messagry. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French messagerie. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French messagerie (13th. cent. in Old French) < message message n. + -erie -ery suffix; compare also messager messenger n. Compare post-classical Latin messageria (from late 13th cent. in British sources). Compare messagerie n. and messengery n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·sėdʒĕri) /ˈmɛsɪdʒərɪ/. Obsolete. 1. The occupation or function of a messenger (in quot. c1430 personified); the delivery of a message or performance of an errand. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > office of messageryc1430 postship1545 heraldry1593 messengership1611 peonage1900 c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls 228 I saw..Beute..Youthe..Flaterye and Desyr, Messagerye and Meede. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Messagry, (old word) diligence in doing a message. a1881 T. Carlyle Hist. Sketches (1898) 80 There are the country carriers [on a market day], packing, unpacking; swift diligence, thousandfold messagery looking through their eyes. 2. A body of messengers. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > body of diligence1486 messageryc1500 c1500 Melusine (1895) 69 In this messagery or embassade were sent two wyse knightes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1430
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