Meaning of embassy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The function or duty of an ambassador
2. The function or duty of an ambassador.
3. An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations
4. An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.
5. A temporary mission representing a sovereign state
6. A temporary mission representing a sovereign state.
7. The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador
8. The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador.
9. A written account as to an embassy
10. A written account as to an embassy.
    archaic

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Examples

“The King told me, […] That I ſhould have the Character of Ambaſſador Extraordinary, and the ſame Allovvance I ſhou'd have had in Spain: Upon this Offer I made no Demurr, but immediately accepted it, and ſo my Ambaſſy vvas declar'd in May 1674.”

“The American embassy to France is located in Paris.”

“The Japanese embassy to the United States traveled to Washington, D.C., where it was received by James Buchanan, before continuing on to New York and then returning to Japan, making several stops on the way.”

“Then go we in to know his embassy; Which I could with a ready guess declare Before the Frenchman speak a word of it.”

“By the various Relations, Embaſſies and Voyages of Siam that have been publiſht within theſe laſt Four Years […]”

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