secretariat
The office or department of a government secretaryThe office or department of a government secretary.
» Information about tuition fees is available at the secretariat and online.
Meaning
3 sensesThe office or department of a government secretary.
Sekretariat
секретариа́тsekretariát
A kind of dicastery within the Roman Curia.
A subdivision within an organisation or a company that deals with office management and/or administrative tasks such as handling correspondence and telephone calls, scheduling appointments, administering invoices, etc., often attached to specific executives or specific departments
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- an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations
Examples
3 sentencesInformation about tuition fees is available at the secretariat and online.
The secretariat is closed.
ruСекретариат закрыт.
Victory Holdsworth says the secretariat has put together a team to review the petition.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French secrétariat.Borrowed from French secrétariat.
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Forms
plural: secretariatsSynonyms
1 synonyms- an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations:secretariate