EMBASSY  , the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of an See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador, or, more generally, the See also:

• MISSION

mission on which an ambassador of one See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power is sent to another, or the See also:

• BODY

body of See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official personages attached to such a mission, whether temporary or permanent . Hence " embassy " is often quite loosely used of any mission, See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic or other-See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise . The word is also used of the official See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of an ambassador . "Embassy " was originally " ambassy," the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form used in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but by the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson considered quite obsolete . " Ambassy " is from the 0 . Fr. ambassee, derived through such forms as the See also:

• PORT

Port. ambassada, Ital. ambasciata from a lost Med . See also:

• LAT

Lat. ambactiata, ambactiare, to go on a mission .