Definition of department

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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..

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Staff :: Staff (n.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major..
Senate :: Senate (n.) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government..
Logothete :: Logothete () An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department..
Departmental :: Departmental (a.) Pertaining to a department or division.
Petrography :: Petrography (n.) The scientific description of rocks; that department of science which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology.
Bureaucracy :: Bureaucracy (n.) A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system..
Cuisine :: Cuisine (n.) The kitchen or cooking department.
Commissioner :: Commissioner (n.) An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service.
Department :: Department (v. i.) Act of departing; departure.
Physics :: Physics (n.) The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low..
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..
Realm :: Realm (n.) Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy..
Arachnology :: Arachnology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.
Cometology :: Cometology (n.) The department of astronomy relating to comets.
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme..
Secular :: Secular (n.) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
Girondist :: Girondist (n.) A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.
Station :: Station (n.) Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
Tocology :: Tocology (n.) The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition..
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