LekhoriLekhoriA document that grants safe passage through enemy territory in times of war.
A convoy or guard to protect a person in a foreign country.
To guarantee safe passage by granting such a document.
Who […] Haue paſt the armie of the mightie Turke: Bearing his priuie ſignet and his hand, To ſafe conduct vs thorow Affrica: […]
Attested as early as the 14th century in Robert of Gloucerster's chronicles written in Middle English; ultimately a calque of Old French sauf-conduit.
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