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SECRETARY. An officer who, by order of his superior, writes letters and other instruments. He is so called because he is possessed of the secrets of his employer. This term wag used in France in 1343, and in England the term secretary was first applied to the clerks of the king, who being always near his person were called clerks of the secret, and in the reign of Henry VIII. the term secretary of state came into it.

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Adams, John Quincy Agricultural Law Agriculture Department Albright, Madeleine Korbel amanuensis Articles of Incorporation Brief for the Petitioners cabinet census Chancellor Chase, Salmon Portland Chief clerk of the department of state circulation Clay, Henry Clayton, John Middleton clerk Compromise of 1850 Comptrollers Dallas, Alexander James			secrecy secret secret agent secret approval secret association secret communication secret fraudulent understanding secret group secret observation secret place secret plot secret rebate Secret Service secret storehouse secret understanding secret understanding for fraud secret watching Secretary Secretary for the department of war Secretary of embassy or of legation Secretary of legation Secretary of State Secretary of state of the united states Secretary of the navy Secretary of the treasury of the united states secretaryship secrete secrete oneself secreted secretion secretive secretiveness secretness secretus sect Secta pleading sectarian sectarism sectarist sectary section Section 1983 section head Section of land sectional sectionalism sectionalize sector Sectores secular secundarius			Secretary of Treasury Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary of War Secretary to the General Staff Secretary to the State Governor Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections Secretary's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality Secretary's Advisory Committee on Regulatory Reform Secretary's Advisory Committee on Xenotransplantation Secretary's Command Center Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills Secretary's Department Secretary's Memorandum Secretary, Joint Staff Secretary, the Secretary-bird Secretary-bird secretary-general secretary-general secretary-general Secretary-General of OPEC Secretary-General of OPEC Secretary-General of OPEC Secretary-General of the United Nations secretary-receptionist Secretary/Records Secretarybird Secretarybird secretaryship secretaryships secretaryships secretaryships secretaryships secretase Secretcyber Secretcyber Secretcyber secrete secrete secrete secrete secrete oneself Secrete society Secrete society secreted secreted secreted secreted Secreted Apoptosis-Related Protein Secreted Apoptosis-Related Protein 1 Secreted Aspartyl Proteinase Secreted Aspartyl Proteinase 1 Secreted Aspartyl Proteinase 2 Secreted CHO Cell Elongating Protein Secreted Frizzled Related Protein 1 Secreted Frizzled Related Protein 2 Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 3 Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 5 Secreted Protein Acidic and Rich in Cysteine

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Secretary (redirected from secretaryship)

Secretary
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