ambassade means the mission of an ambassador. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From French ambassade. Doublet of embassy.
noun
- The mission of an ambassador.“Sir Henry Killigrew, after Ambaſſades and meſſages, and many other employments of peace and warre, in his Princes ſeruice, to the good of his Countrey, hath made choyce of a retyred eſtate”
- An embassy.“1709-1725, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation in England
[…] thereupon the queen's majesty, trusting that the king of Spain was of the same mind, she did send a solemn ambassade of her privy-counsellors, whereof one was an ancient earl of the realm, the other also an ancient baron of the same, and others of the council of her state […]”