secretariat

Meanings

Plural: secretariats

Noun

• an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations
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• The office or department of a government secretary.
• A kind of dicastery within the Roman Curia.
• 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

Synonyms

secretariate

Related Words

secretary