释义 |
envoyship|ˈɛnvɔɪʃɪp| [f. envoy n. + -ship.] The office, position, or function of an envoy.
1736H. Coventry Philemon to Hydaspes iii. (T.), Cain paid all due reverence to this lunar envoyship. 1817–8Cobbett Resid. U.S. (1822) 217 The Boroughmongers may easily add a legation of mendicity to their Envoyships and Consulships. 1843Blackw. Mag. LIV. 812 You remember Marston..at Brunswick, in his envoyship. |