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secretariat.

The office or department of a government secretary.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/Received-Pronunciation/ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɚ.i.ət/General-American
  1. The office or department of a government secretary.

  2. A kind of dicastery within the Roman Curia.

  3. 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

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French secrétariat.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.