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sec⋅re⋅tar⋅i⋅at

  [sek-ri-tair-ee-uht]
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–noun
1. the officials or office entrusted with administrative duties, maintaining records, and overseeing or performing secretarial duties, esp. for an international organization: the secretariat of the United Nations.
2. a group or department of secretaries.
3. the place where a secretary transacts business, preserves records, etc.
Also, sec⋅re⋅tar⋅i⋅ate.

Origin:
1805–15; < F secrétariat < ML sēcrētāriātus. See secretary, -ate 3
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sec·re·tar·i·at   (sěk'rĭ-târ'ē-ĭt)   
n.  

    1. The department administered by a governmental secretary, especially for an international organization.

    2. The office occupied by such a department.

  2. The office or position of a governmental secretary.


[French secrétariat, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sēcrētāriātus, from sēcrētārius, secretary; see secretary.]
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Word Origin & History

secretariat 
"office of secretary," 1811, from Fr. secrétariat, from M.L. secretarius (see secretary).
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