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Doctor :: Doctor (n.) An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only..

Dean :: Dean (n.) A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department..

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..

Realm :: Realm (n.) Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy..

Hygiene :: Hygiene (n.) That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health..

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.

Myodynamics :: Myodynamics (n.) The department of physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or contraction.

Milreis :: Milreis (n.) A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills..

Groom :: Groom (n.) One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole..

Aerology :: Aerology (n.) That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.

Craniology :: Craniology (n.) The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls..

Petrology :: Petrology (n.) The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology..

Congregation :: Congregation (n.) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church..

Bureau :: Bureau (n.) Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.

Rhythmics :: Rhythmics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds.

Science :: Science (n.) Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind..

Department :: Department (v. i.) A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province..

Theodicy :: Theodicy (n.) That department of philosophy which treats of the being, perfections, and government of God, and the immortality of the soul..

Laryngology :: Laryngology (n.) Systematized knowledge of the action and functions of the larynx; in pathology, the department which treats of the diseases of the larynx..

Department :: Department (v. i.) Act of departing; departure.

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