government department

1. A department of government (synset 108136796)
   is a type of: department, section - a specialized division of a large organization
   subtypes:

   • ministry - a government department under the direction of a minister of state
   • treasury - the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues
   • department of local government, local department - a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government
   • special branch - a government police department dealing with political security
   • state department - a department of government in one of the 50 states
   • department of the federal government, federal department, federal office - a department of the federal government of the United States
   • admiralty - the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)
   belongs to: authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
   has: instrumentality - a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose

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