embassy

Definitions


[ˈɛmbəsi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the official residence or offices of an ambassador
(e.g: the Chilean embassy in Moscow)

- a deputation or mission sent by one ruler or state to another
(e.g: Worsley failed to be selected to join the embassy to Sweden)


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Origin:
mid 16th century (in early use also as ambassy): apparently an alteration, with suffix substitution (see -y) of embassade, variant of ambassade, from Old French ambassade, or medieval Latin ambasciata, based on late Latin ambascia ‘mission, errand, journey’, from Latin ambactus ‘servant’. Compare with ambassador




definition by Oxford Dictionaries