envoyshipn.
/ˈɛnvɔɪʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈɛnˌvɔɪˌʃɪp/, /ˈɑnˌvɔɪˌʃɪp/ The office, position, or function of an envoy.
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1736 H. Coventry Lett. Philemon to Hydaspes iii. (T.) Cain paid all due reverence to this lunar envoyship.
1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. (ed. 2) ii. xiii. 383 The Boroughmongers may easily add a legation of mendicity to their Envoyships and Consulships.
1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 54 812 You remember Marston..at Brunswick, in his envoyship.
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