embassy

embassy
Synonyms and related words:
Dymaxion house, White House, adobe house, advice, agency, agentship, assignment, authority, authorization, booking office, box office, branch, branch office, brevet, building, cabinet, care, casa, chambers, chancellery, chancery, charge, cliff dwelling, closet, commission, commissioning, commitment, communication, communique, consignment, consular service, consulate, corporate headquarters, corps diplomatique, country house, country seat, cure, dacha, deanery, delegated authority, delegation, den, deputation, devolution, devolvement, diplomatic mission, diplomatic service, diplomatic staff, dispatch, dwelling house, edifice, empowerment, entrusting, entrustment, erection, errand, executive office, executorship, exequatur, express, fabric, factorship, farm, farmhouse, foreign office, foreign service, full power, hall, headquarters, home office, house, houseboat, jurisdiction, lake dwelling, legation, letter, license, lieutenancy, living machine, lodge, main office, mandate, manor house, manse, message, mission, office, parsonage, penthouse, plenipotentiary power, pneumatogram, power of attorney, power to act, prefabricated house, presidential palace, procuration, proxy, purview, ranch house, rectory, regency, regentship, release, responsibility, roof, shop, skyscraper, sod house, split-level, structure, study, task, telegram, ticket office, town house, trust, trusteeship, vicarage, vicarious authority, warrant, word

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  • embassy — I noun ambassadorial function, ambassadorial office, ambassadorial residence, commission, consulate, delegation, deputation, diplomatic corps, embassage, establishment of an ambassador, legateship, legatio, legation, mission, mission of the… …   Law dictionary

  • embassy — UK US /ˈembəsi/ noun [C] (plural embassies) ► POLITICS, GOVERNMENT a group of people who represent their country in a foreign country, or the building where they work: »Officials at the Mexican Embassy in Washington have been lobbying the U.S.… …   Financial and business terms

  • Embassy — (Кито,Эквадор) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: President Wilson E8 22, 170108 Кито, Эквадор …   Каталог отелей

  • Embassy — Em bas*sy, n.; pl. {Embassies}. [OF. ambass[ e]e, embasc[ e]e, LL. ambasciata, fr. ambasciare for ambactiare to go on a mission, fr. L. ambactus vassal, dependent, of Celtic or German origin; cf. W. amaeth husbandman, Goth. andbahts servant, G.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • embassy — 1570s, position of an ambassador, from M.Fr. embassee mission, charge, office of ambassador, O.Fr. ambassee, from It. ambasciata, from O.Prov. ambaisada office of ambassador, from Gaul. *ambactos dependant, vassal, lit. one going around, from PIE …   Etymology dictionary

  • embassy — [n] residence, offices of overseas representatives commission, committee, consular office, consulate, delegation, diplomatic office, legation, ministry, mission; concepts 439,449,516 …   New thesaurus

  • embassy — ► NOUN (pl. embassies) 1) the official residence or offices of an ambassador. 2) chiefly historical a deputation sent by one state to another. ORIGIN Old French ambasse, from Latin ambactus servant (related to AMBASSADOR(Cf. ↑ambassadress)) …   English terms dictionary

  • embassy — [em′bə sē] n. pl. embassies [earlier ambassy < MFr ambassée < OIt ambasciata < Prov ambaissada < * ambaissa: see AMBASSADOR] 1. the position, functions, or business of an ambassador 2. the official residence or offices of an… …   English World dictionary

  • embassy — 01. There was a demonstration at the American [Embassy] in Bonn to protest against the bombing of Iraq. 02. He went to the [embassy] to report that his passport had been stolen. 03. The rebels are holding staff members of the American [Embassy]… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • embassy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ foreign ▪ American, British, Chinese, etc. VERB + EMBASSY ▪ close, open …   Collocations dictionary

  • embassy — n. 1) a foreign embassy 2) at, in an embassy (she works at/in the embassy) * * * [ embəsɪ] in an embassy (she works at/in the embassy) a foreignembassy at …   Combinatory dictionary

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