Admiralty
['ædmərəltɪ]
Definition
(noun.) the office of admiral.
(noun.) the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain).
Editor: Vince--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
(n.) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
(n.) The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
(n.) The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
(n.) The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.
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Examples
- The transport ship Gloria Scott was set down by the Admiralty as being lost at sea, and no word has ever leaked out as to her true fate. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It may have been thrown into the sea as an offering to the British Admiralty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Admiralty said Mr Merdle was a wonderful man, Treasury said he was a new power in the country, and would be able to buy up the whole House of Commons. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But the French Admiralty refused to sustain him, one old admiral saying, Thank God, France still fights her battles on the surface, not beneath it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Bentham in woodworking machinery, and was described in his British patent No. 1,951, of 1793, a number of them having been made by him for the British Admiralty. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A telegraphic despatch, received at the Admiralty from Portsmouth, announced--Lord Wellington defeated;--and then the communication was interrupted by a fog. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- According to the British Admiralty regulations, should a diver go down to a depth of 204 feet, the time of his ascent must be not less than one hour and a half. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Of the amount of bills presented to and paid for by the Admiralty for these machines, General Bentham received about ￡20,000. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A possible depth of 204 feet is recognized by the British Admiralty regulations under the conditions that obtain with the common form of diving suit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Lord of the Admiralty, 1872; Chief Secretary of State for----' Well, well, this man is certainly one of the greatest subjects of the Crown! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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