SECRETARIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does secretariate mean? 

• SECRETARIATE (noun)
  The noun SECRETARIATE has 1 sense:

1. an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations

  Familiarity information: SECRETARIATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECRETARIATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

secretariat; secretariate

Hypernyms ("secretariate" is a kind of...):

administrative body; administrative unit (a unit with administrative responsibilities)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secretariate"):

Pan American Union (the administrative agency of the Organization of American States)

United Nations Secretariat (the administrative arm of the United Nations)