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121secretaire — /sek ri tair /, n. Fr. Furniture. any writing desk resembling a secretary. [1810 20; < F secrétaire SECRETARY] * * * …
122secretarial — /sek ri tair ee euhl/, adj. noting, of, or pertaining to a secretary or a secretary s skills and work: a secretarial school. [1795 1805; SECRETARY + AL1] * * * …
123secretariat — /sek ri tair ee euht/, n. 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… …
124secretary-general — /sek ri ter ee jen euhr euhl/, n., pl. secretaries general. the head or chief administrative officer of a secretariat. [1695 1705] * * * the principal administrative officer of the United Nations. See Secretariat. Secretaries general …
125sectarianism — /sek tair ee euh niz euhm/, n. sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, esp. in religion. [1810 20; SECTARIAN + ISM] * * * …
126sectarianize — /sek tair ee euh nuyz /, v.t., sectarianized, sectarianizing. to make sectarian. Also, esp. Brit., sectarianise. [1835 45; SECTARIAN + IZE] * * * …
127sectary — /sek teuh ree/, n., pl. sectaries. 1. a member of a particular sect, esp. an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic. 2. a Protestant of nonconformist denomination, esp. a minor one. 3. a person zealously devoted to a… …
128section — /sek sheuhn/, n. 1. a part that is cut off or separated. 2. a distinct part or subdivision of anything, as an object, country, community, class, or the like: the poor section of town; the left section of a drawer. 3. a distinct part or… …
