Admiralty

An Admiralty can be described as the following

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French Admiralte, from Arabic Admirail ‘emir, leader’ (see admiral).

Definition

  1. A court dealing with maritime questions, offenses, etc.
  2. In the UK the government department that administered the Royal Navy, now incorporated in the Ministry of Defence and current only in titles.
  3. The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
  4. The officials or the department of state having charge of naval affairs, as in Great Britain.

Sources

  1. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/admiralty
  2. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/admiralty
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