embassy

noun5

1. •
   the officials one country sends to live in another, who handle all dealings between the two governments

   • The American embassy to France is located in Paris.
2. •
   A temporary mission representing a sovereign state.

   • The Japanese embassy to the United States traveled to Washington, D.C., where it was received by James Buchanan, before continuing on to New York and then returning to Japan, making several stops on the way.
3. •
   The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador.
4. •
   The function or duty of an ambassador.
5. •
   (no longer used) A written account as to an embassy.

   • By the various Relations, Embassies and Voyages of Siam that have been publisht within these last Four Years […] — 1690