a body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, esp. an ambassador and his or her staff.

the official headquarters of an ambassador.

the function or office of an ambassador.

a mission headed by an ambassador.

noun

commission , committee , consular office , consulate , delegation , diplomatic office , legation , ministry , missionnotes:embassy originally had the spelling variant ambassy and is based on latin ambactus \'servant\'; an embassy is the one entity maintained by a foreign country by each nation , whereas a consulate may be situated in a number of cities of a foreign country , ambassador , diplomat , envoy , mission