hallitus.
cabinet, government, administration (group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch)
Meaning & usage
cabinet, government, administration (group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch)
government, regime, (US) administration (state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power)
board, board of directors, board of trustees (of almost any organisation including corporations and associations)
ellipsis of kunnanhallitus (“municipal board, board of selectmen”)
agency, administration, authority (government body or branch of government entrusted with administration of a defined subsector; usually a part of a ministry)
Metsähallitus
Opetushallitus
principality (rank of angel)
Where this word comes from
hallita (“to rule, govern, administer”) + -tus. Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (output c. 1543–1552).
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