Department :: Department (v. i.) Act of departing; departure.
Department :: Department (v. i.) A part, portion, or subdivision..
Department :: Department (v. i.) A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province..
Department :: Department (v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics..
Department :: Department (v. i.) A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire..
Department :: Department (v. i.) A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac..
Departmental :: Departmental (a.) Pertaining to a department or division.