diplomatial (diplomashial)

[ Imp . Dict . [Rare.] diplomatic (dip-lo-mat'ik), a . and n. [= F. diplomat i que = Sp. diplomático = Pg. It. diplo matico (cf. D. G. diplomatisch = Dan. Sw. di plomatisk ), taining to diplomas or diplomatics. Diplomatic science, the knowledge of which will enable us to form a proper judgment of the age and authenticity antiquity. Astle, Orig. and Prog. of Writing, Int. 2. Pertaining to or of the nature of diplomacy; concerned with the management of international relations: as, a diplomatic agent. of manuscripts, chords, records, and other monuments of The diplomatic activity of Henry II. throughout his reign was enormous; all nations of Europe came by envoys to his court, and his ministers... ran about from one end of Europe to another. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 127. Several of our earlier and best Secretaries of State had had the benefit of personal experience in the diplomatic E. Schuyler , American Diplomacy, p. 8. service abroad. 3. Skilled in the art of diplomacy; artful in negotiation or intercourse of any kind; politic in conduct. Diplomatic corps or body, the entire body of diplomatists accredited to and resident at a court or capital, including the amba ador, minister, or chargé d'affaires, the secretaries of legation, the military and naval attachés, etc. II. n. A minister, an official agent, or an envoy to a foreign court; a diplomat. diplomatical (dip-lō-mat'i-kal), a. diplomatic . IMG:content-2702.png:[blocks in formation] Carlyle, diplomacy (di-ploma-si), n.; pl. diplomacies cording to the rules or art of diplomacy. (-siz). [=D. diploma tie = G. diplomatic = Dan. Sw. diplomat i , diploma tie ( t pron. s) = Sp. Pg . diploma cia = It. diplomazia , L. as if diplo matia , diplomacy, diploma ( t- ), a diploma: see diploma.] 1. The science of the forms, ceremonies, and methods to be observed in conducting the actual intercourse of one state with another, through authorized agents, on the basis of international law; the art of conducting such intercourse, as in negotiating and drafting treaties, representing the interests of a state or its subjects at a foreign court, etc. 2. Artfully; with or by good management. 3. With reference to diplomatics; from the point of view of diplomatics. As diplomacy was in its beginnings, so it lasted for a fong time; the amba ador was the man who was sent to lie abroad for the good of his country. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 235. 2. The act or practice of negotiation or official intercourse, as between independent powers; diplomatic procedure in general; the transaction of international busine : as, the history of European diplomacy . [Rare in the plural.] The indiction-number in n. 16 is diplomatically uncertain, and so of no independent value. Amer. Jour. Philol., VI. 192.