| 释义 |
messengery Sc. ? Obs.
Also 6 messingerie.
[f. messenger + -ery. Cf. messagery.]
The office of messenger-at-arms.
1587Sc. Acts Jas. III (1814) III. 449/2 He..commandis lioun king of armes That he onnawys ressaue ony maner of personis to the office of messingerie in tyme cuming except it be [etc.]. 1753R. Thomson Office of Messenger 17 That the said M, Messenger within the Sheriffdom of ― shall leilly, truly and honestly use and exerce the Office of Messengery. |