legations
Foreign ministry offices
Legations is the plural of legation, a diplomatic mission or the building housing it—typically one rank below an embassy.
Before the mid-twentieth century, countries often maintained legations rather than embassies in less important capitals: The American legation in Tangier was established in 1821.
The term also refers to the staff of such a mission collectively.
Official diplomatic residence abroad
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- missionPurpose-driven task
- chanceryEquity tribunal or archives
- foreign officeDiplomatic affairs ministry
envoy · ambassador · minister · chargé d'affaires · diplomatic staff · accreditation · credentials · diplomatic recognition
Official foreign representative
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- attachéEmbassy specialist officer
- plenipotentiaryDiplomat with full authority
emissary · representative · political officer · cultural attaché · military attaché · diplomatic agent
Protected from harm
- extraterritorialityLegal reach beyond borders
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- inviolabilityProtected from transgression
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
persona non grata · recall · expulsion · foreign affairs · statecraft · diplomatic note
Religious leader or serve
- Boxer RebellionChinese anti-imperialist uprising, 1900
- nineteenth centuryYears 1801-1900
embassy
Official diplomatic residence abroad
foreign office · envoy · ambassador · minister · chargé d'affaires · diplomatic staff · accreditation · credentials · diplomatic recognition · host country
diplomat
Official foreign representative
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- attachéEmbassy specialist officer
plenipotentiary · emissary · representative · political officer · cultural attaché · military attaché · diplomatic agent
immunity
Protected from harm
- extraterritorialityLegal reach beyond borders
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- inviolabilityProtected from transgression
credentials · persona non grata · recall · expulsion · foreign affairs · statecraft · diplomatic note
minister
Religious leader or serve
- Boxer RebellionChinese anti-imperialist uprising, 1900
- nineteenth centuryYears 1801-1900