See also:

• CREDENTIALS (lettres de creance)

CREDENTIALS (lettres de creance)  , a document which ambassadors, ministers plenipotentiary, and charges d'affaires See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government to which they are accredited, for the purpose, chiefly, of communicating to the latter the See also:

• ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy's See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . It also contains a See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request that full See also:

• CREDENCE, or CREDENCE TABLE

credence be accorded to his See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official statements . Until his See also:

• CREDENTIALS (lettres de creance)

credentials have been presented and found in proper See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, an envoy receives no official recognition . The credentials of an See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador or See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister plenipotentiary are signed by the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, those of a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge d'affaires by the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign minister .