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Definition of Secretary of State

1. Noun. The person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of State. "The first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson"

2. Noun. A government minister for foreign relations.

3. Noun. The position of the head of the State Department. "The position of Secretary of State was established in 1789"

Definition of Secretary of State

1. Noun. Any of several senior government positions whose function varies from nation to nation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secretary Of State

Secretan's syndrome Secretariat Secretaries General Secretaries of State Secretary General Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Commerce and Labor Secretary of Defense Secretary of Education

Secretary of Energy Secretary of Health Education and Welfare Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary of Labor Secretary of State (current term) Secretary of State for the Home Department Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary of War

Secretary of the Interior Secretary of the Navy Secretary of the Treasury Section Eight Sectral Securitate Securities and Exchange Commission Security Council Security Intelligence Review Committee Security Service

Literary usage of Secretary of State

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"Section 30 of the act of 1901 provided that, upon payment of all taxes, etc., due under the law, the secretary of state was to issue a certificate ..."

2. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1910)
"The Secretary of State may, as provided by Rule III of the present Civil Service Rules, request the Civil Service Commission to hold special examinations ..."

3. Annual Report by New Hampshire State Tax Commission, New York (State). Dept. of State (1912)
"¡Since no report has heretofore been issued it will, in the first place, be appropriate to point out what the duties of the Secretary of State are. ..."

4. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1853)
"Resigned. TIMOTHY PICKERING, of Pennsylvania. Nomination confirmed and appointed, 2d January, 1795. Appointed Secretary of State 10th December, ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The principal secretary of state, of his own discretion, determines when to issue them, end gives instructions accordingly to the under-secretary, ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1849)
"The town clerk is required to report to the county clerk, and the latter-named officer reports to tho Secretary of State. Blank forms, with instructions for ..."

7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"I am of opinion, further, that under the conditions and careful methods known to exist in the office of the Secretary of State, and of which we may, ..."

8. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"Secretary of State, — I have received an answer to the despatches with which I had sent to Vienna the note that you did me the honor to address to me on the ..."

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