| 单词 | on ambassadry |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (also †in) ambassadry 1. The office, function, or role of an ambassador (in various senses of ambassador n.). Chiefly in on (also †in) ambassadry: as diplomatic representative or envoy. Cf. embassadry n. 1. 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 c1410 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) l. 233 By tretys and ambassatrye [c1405 Hengwrt embassadrye, c1405 Ellesmere Embassadrie]..They ben acordid. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 997 in Poems (1981) 41 The volff is better in ambassatry And mair cunning in clergie fer than I. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 140 Sir Thomas Glouers fiue yeares time of Ambassodry being expired. 2007 M. Frazer Play of Lords 38 As for those three he sent here on ambassadry to the king, it'll be as much as their lives are worth if Londoners ever get hands on them. < as lemmas |
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