面めん謁えつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

audience with a high-ranking person

Rare, formal term for a personal meeting with someone of high rank, such as a monarch or dignitary. Often used in historical or ceremonial contexts. Compare 拝謁 (はいえつ), which is more common for an audience with an emperor or noble.

See also: 拝謁

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、大だい名みょうが将しょう軍ぐんに面めん謁えつする機き会かいは限かぎられていた。

  In the Edo period, opportunities for feudal lords to have an audience with the shogun were limited.

• この文ぶん書しょには、外がい国こく使し節せつが国こく王おうに面めん謁えつした記き録ろくが残のこっている。

  This document contains a record of a foreign envoy having an audience with the king.