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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Em'bas-sy, n.

noun

n. [O. Eng. embassade, Fr. embassade, ambassade, from Goth. andbahti, charge, office, service, O. H. Ger. ambaht, M. H. Ger. ambet, N. H. Ger. amt, L. Lat. ambascia, ambasciata, It. ambasciata, Sp. & Pg. embaxada.]

  1. The public function of an embassador; the charge or business intrusted to a diplomatic officer; as, to send on an embassy.
  2. The person or persons sent as embassadors; as, the embassy consisted of three envoys.
  3. The dwelling or office of an embassador.