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admiralty

admiralty

3 9.1
Government department that leads and manages a country's navy
  • noun
  • /ˈæd.mɪr.əl.ti/
  • UK
translation icon : almirantazgo
  • The report was sent to the admiralty for review before the naval operation began.
  • the British admiralty

And have whoever's on hand get hold of the Admiralty and demand the op there either take its people back out of here or give us an account of why they're here.

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Examples

  • The admiralty is responsible for the regulations governing naval warfare.

  • Did you get any word back from the admiralty?

    Churchill (2017)

  • The admiralty regards this craft... as the ultimate weapon in naval warfare.

    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

  • In 1748, Heron wrote to the British admiralty asking that the court be made both official and permanent.

    Academic text (2011)

  • This ratio just permitted the admiralty to send a fleet to the Far East while keeping a one-power standard against the next largest European navy (Kennedy 1976, 341).

    Academic text (2004)

  • - Following the disaster of this afternoon, the loss of a destroyer with all hands, the admiralty has deployed major forces of the NATO fleet off the mouth of the estuary in an attempt to locate and destroy the monster even before it reaches the coastal defenses.

    Gorgo (1961)

  • And so to the Admiralty commissioned William Bligh to take the ship Bounty to Tahiti to collect breadfruit saplings to be transported to the West Indies.

    The British Museum

  • After the incident at sea, the crew informed the admiralty of their findings.

Synonyms

Navy Department
vsadmiralty
  • Formal
1 5.9

A part of the United States government that managed the Navy until 1947

is the government department in Great Britain overseeing naval command and administration

Compounds

admiralty law
  • Formal
1 7.9

Rules that deal with ships, boats, and activities at sea

Admiralty Island
6.1

An island near Juneau in southeast Alaska with many brown bears and dense forests

Admiralty Islands
6.8

A group of islands north of Papua New Guinea

Admiralty Metal
  • Specialized
8.9

A brass alloy with tin that resists corrosion in seawater

Admiralty Mountains
8.2

A mountain range in Antarctica north of Victoria Land

Admiralty Range
8.7

A mountain range in Antarctica with high rough peaks and large glaciers

Admiralty mile
  • Archaic
9.9

An old measure of distance used at sea that equals 6,080 feet, about 1,853 metres

Admiralty brass
  • Specialized
7.4

A metal made from copper, zinc, and tin that resists damage from sea water

Surface Forms

admiralty singular
admiralties plural

Morphology

admiralty = admiral (semi-transparent) = admiral + ty

The extension from 'office/authority of an admiral' to an institutional government department requires knowledge of administrative naming conventions and may not be immediately obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Admiralty (the government department) gets its name from the office of the admiral, from Arabic amīr 'commander' and al- 'the', meaning 'commander of the sea', so the Admiralty is the body that runs and commands the navy.