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

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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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Sources claim that at least one of those meetings was in the US embassy complex.

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Tehran has in the past threatened to target US bases, embassies, and points of interest in the region.

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U.S. embassies across the region issued restrictions on movements; in recent days, several embassies evacuated non-essential staff.

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Worried that an attack by Israel could provoke Iran to retaliate by targeting US military installations nearby, the US had already partially evacuated US embassy staff from Iraq.

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Non-essential US embassy staff and their dependants in Baghdad are evacuating from Iraq due to heightened security risks, US government sources said on Wednesday.

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