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English
Adjective
on message (comparative more on message, superlative most on message)
- (colloquial, politics) Publicly reiterating and supporting the official party policy; conforming to the party’s agreed policies.
Middle English
Prepositional phrase
on message
- on an errand
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter I, in Le Morte Darthur, book II:So whan the kynge was come thyder with all his baronage and lodged as they semed best / ther was come a damoisel the whiche was sente on message from the grete lady lylle of auelyon / And whan she came bifore kynge Arthur / she told from whome she came / and how she was sent on message vnto hym for these causes- (please add an English translation of this quotation)