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secretarial - 3 dictionary results

sec⋅re⋅tar⋅i⋅al

[sek-ri-tair-ee-uhl]
–adjective
noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary's skills and work: a secretarial school.

Origin:
1795–1805; secretary + -al 1
sec·re·tar·y   (sěk'rĭ-těr'ē)   
n.   pl. sec·re·tar·ies
  1. A person employed to handle correspondence, keep files, and do clerical work for another person or an organization.
  2. An officer who keeps records, takes minutes of the meetings, and answers correspondence, as for a company.
  3. An official who presides over an administrative department of state.
  4. A desk with a small bookcase on top.

[Middle English secretarie, from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius, confidential officer, clerk, from Latin sēcrētus, secret; see secret.]
sec're·tar'i·al (-târ'ē-əl) adj.

Secretarial

Sec`re*ta"ri*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary. [R.]

Secretarial, diplomatic, or other official training. --Carlyle.
Language Translation for : secretarial
Spanish: de secretaría,
German: Sekretärs-…,
Japanese: 秘書の
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