Difference between revisions of "Department"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_109394" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_109394" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (v. i.) A part, portion, or subdivision. </p> <p> (2): (v. i.) A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. </p> <p> (3): (v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics. </p> <p> (4): (v. i.) A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the [[Department]] of the Loire. </p> <p> (5): (v. i.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. i.) A part, portion, or subdivision. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i.) A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. i.) A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the [[Department]] of the Loire. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. i.) Act of departing; departure. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. i.) A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72009" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72009" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 17:14, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) A part, portion, or subdivision.
(2): ( v. i.) A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
(3): ( v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
(4): ( v. i.) A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.
(5): ( v. i.) Act of departing; departure.
(6): ( v. i.) A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A territorial division in France instituted in 1790, under which the old division into provinces was broken up; each department, of which there are now 87, is broken up into arrondissements.
