Definition of Departmint
Department, 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.
- Wikipedia
De*part"ment (?), n. [F.
département, fr. départir. See
Depart, v. i.] 1. Act
of departing; departure. [Obs.]
Sudden departments from one extreme to
another. Wotton.
2. A part, portion, or subdivision.
3. A distinct course of life, action, study,
or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar
department of literature. Macaulay.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. A military subdivision of a country; as,
the Department of the Potomac.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A part, portion, or subdivision.
- A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
*Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature. Macaulay.
- 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 instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
- 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.
- A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
- (Obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
*Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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