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Secretariat

noun

An administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations. Synonym: secretariate.

Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1973.

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"Secretariat" Quotes from Famous Books

... energetically espoused Federal child labor legislation, the restriction of immigration, alien contract labor laws, and employers' liability laws. He advocated the creation of a Federal Department of Labor which has recently developed into a cabinet secretariat. His legal bete noire, however, was the Sherman Anti-Trust Law as applied to labor unions. For many years he fought vehemently for an amending act exempting the laboring class from the rigors of that famous statute. President Roosevelt with characteristic candor told a delegation of Federation ...

— The Armies of Labor - Volume 40 in The Chronicles Of America Series • Samuel P. Orth

... A permanent secretariat will be established at the seat of the league which will be at Geneva. The assembly will consist of representatives of the members of the league and will meet at stated intervals. Voting will be by states. Each ...

— Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights • Kelly Miller

... Roused his Secretariat to a fine Mahratta fury, By a Hookum hinting at supervision of dasturi; Turned the State of Kolazai very nearly upside-down; When the end of May was nigh, waited his ...

— Departmental Ditties and Barrack Room Ballads • Rudyard Kipling

Words linked to "Secretariat" : United Nations Secretariat, thoroughbred, administrative body, secretariate, administrative unit, Pan American Union