Definition of Department of state

1. Noun. The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies. "The Department of State was created in 1789"


Lexicographical Neighbors of Department Of State

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Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department of Defense
Department of Defense Laboratory System
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Energy Intelligence
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Justice
Department of Justice Canada
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
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Dereck
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Literary usage of Department of state

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

1. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"The Department of State combines publish the laws of the United States, to two great functions of executive government— the conduct of the country's ..."

2. Guide to the Archives of the Government of the United States in Washington by Claude Halstead Van Tyne (1907)
"department of state. The history and functions of the Department of State are ... Earlier accounts are: " Department of State of the United States ; how it ..."

3. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson (1915)
"Commercial functions of Department of State, 244. The Department of War, 245. Department of the Treasury, 246. The customs service, 246. ..."

4. The Control of American Foreign Relations by Quincy Wright (1922)
"Organization of the Department of State. The Department of State is peculiarly under ... 176; Hunt, The Department of State of the United States, 1914, pp. ..."

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