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Definition of Secretariate

1. Noun. An administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations.

Definition of Secretariate

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of secretariat) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secretariate

Literary usage of Secretariate

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The most important of the numerous bodies which have their general offices in the palace is the secretariate of State. All the offices of this department ..."

2. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1908)
"... Mr. Deakin's Attitude—Opening of the Conference: Welcomes from the King and the Prime Minister; Procedure; Future Meetings and the secretariate; ..."

3. Handbook of the Bengal Presidency: With an Account of Calcutta City by John Murray (Firm), Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1882)
"The secretariate.—This noble building stands on the N. side of Dalhousie Square, and occupies the site of the Old Writers' Buildings, where so many ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The General Prefecture has subject to it two secretariates: the General secretariate and the secretariate of Oriental rites. The general secretary (always a ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The General Prefecture has subject to it two secretariates: the General secretariate and the secretariate of Oriental rites. The general secretary (always a ..."

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