embassy
/ˈɛmbəsi/ noun B2- The function or duty of an ambassador.
- An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations. · The American embassy to France is located in Paris.
- A temporary mission representing a sovereign state.
- The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador.
Plural embassies
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The French or the Russian embassy would pay an immense sum to learn the contents of these papers.
“He made his way to Woking by the first train, and having examined his booty and assured himself that it really was of immense value, he had concealed it in what he thought was a very safe place, with the intention of taking it out again in a day or two, and carrying it to the French embassy, or wherever he thought that a long price was to be had.
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