diplomacy

[Fr. diploma tie.] 1. The science or art of conducting negotiations between nations; the art of managing public busine and protecting public interests in matters in which foreign nations are concerned; political skill and tact. "A family eminently distinguished at the bar, on the bench, in the senate, in diplomacy , in arms, and in let. ters."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. xiii. 2. The act of negotiating between nations; the forms of international negotiations. "The insurrection began some months since, and diplomacy was at once in action."-London Times. *3. The body of ministers accredited to a foreign court collectively; the diplomatic corps. "The foreign ministers were ordered to attend The diplomacy , who were a sort of envoys, were quite awe struck."- Burke : Regicide Peace , lett. 4. 1414 A. As . adj .: Invested or presented with a diploma. B. As subst.: A diplomatist. is engaged or skilled in diplomacy; a diplomat. "There is no injustice in saying that diplomatists , as a cla , have always been more distinguished by their ad- dre , dip-10-mit-ri-dæ, s. pl . [Mod. Latin diplo- mitr ( ium ), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. idœ .] Bot .: A family of flowerle plants, order Junger- manniacere (Scale-mo es.)