EMBASSY Definition & Meaning

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embassy

[ em-buh-see ]

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noun

plural embassies.

a body of people entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, especially an ambassador and their staff.
the official headquarters of an ambassador.
the function or office of an ambassador.
a mission headed by an ambassador.

embassy

/ ˈɛ��ə��ɪ /

noun

the residence or place of official business of an ambassador
an ambassador and his entourage collectively
the position, business, or mission of an ambassador
any important or official mission, duty, etc, esp one undertaken by an agent

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of embassy¹

First recorded in 1570–80; variant of ambassy, from Middle French ambassee, Old French ambasce, ambaxee, ultimately from Old Provençal ambaissada, derivative of embayssar “to send a delegate,” from Medieval Latin ��, derivative of ambascia “service, office,” derivative, by a Germanic intermediary (compare Gothic andbahti, Old High German ambahti ) of Gallo-Latin ambactus “retainer, servant” (from Gaulish, equivalent to amb- “around, both” + -act- verbal adjective of unattested ag- “drive, lead”; compare Welsh amaeth “h�ܲ��Ի峾��”); ambi-, amphi- ( def ), act, ambassador

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of embassy¹

C16: from Old French ambassee, from Old Italian ambasciata, from Old Provençal ambaisada, ultimately of Germanic origin; see ambassador

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The UK shut its embassy in Kabul after the Taliban returned to power.

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Last year, while Republicans were trying to de-gay the flagpoles of our embassies, the world also learned that Russia’s Supreme Court declared the rainbow flag was forbidden in its country.

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Trevor Lock, the policeman who was taken hostage in a siege on the Iranian embassy in 1980, has died aged 85, his daughter has confirmed.

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At the entrance of the British embassy, an RSF slogan is scrawled on the wall.

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