Definition of Embassy

Embassy

The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message.

The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys.

The residence or office of an ambassador.

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Embassy Quotations

We inadvertently bombed the Chinese Embassy. But Clinton now is working very hard. He has sent a letter of apology to the Chinese. And, he's also given them a gift certificate for future nuclear secrets.
David Letterman

The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix.
Lawrence Eagleburger

In the best of all worlds everyone in the Embassy is doing something to assist U.S. exports.
Lawrence Eagleburger

What if the invasion forces will not leave our lands? What if the U.S. forces and others stay in our beloved lands? What if their companies and embassy headquarters will continue to exist with the American flags hoisted on them? Will you be silent? Will you overlook this?
Muqtada al Sadr

A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.
Zebulon Pike

Interestingly, the American Embassy mentioned that our efficient relief effort has significantly improved the image of the United States among the Pakistani people.
Jon Porter

We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

I have also been saddened, though hardly surprised, by the weakness of the EU's reaction to the criminal attack on the Danish embassy in Syria, which seems to have been permitted, if not actively encouraged, by the Syrian regime.
Timothy Garton Ash

Americans who may be going to the largest embassy we've ever had.
Richard Lugar

That was Embassy Pictures, they went bankrupt shortly after This is Spinal Tap came out.
Harry Shearer

This is the most terrible thing that can happen in a friendly country if Thai people have to escape from the backdoor of an embassy.
Thaksin Shinawatra

I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.
Shirley Temple

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Embassy Translations

embassy in Dutch is ambassade
embassy in French is ambassade
embassy in German is Botschaft
embassy in Italian is messaggio, ambasciata
embassy in Norwegian is ambassade
embassy in Portuguese is embaixada
embassy in Spanish is embajada
embassy in Swedish is beskickning, ambassad

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