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the Admiralty
noun /ˈæd.mɪ.rəl.ti/
/-t̬i/ Definition
› in the past in the UK, the government department in charge of the navyThe Navy
(Definition of the Admiralty noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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