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Word Meanings - BUREAU - Book Publishers vocabulary database

table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr. OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color, fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. Fire, 1. Originally, a desk or writing table with

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table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr. OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color, fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. Fire, 1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. Swift. 2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted. 3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief. Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England and America, the term is confined to inferior and subordinate departments; as, the "Pension Bureau," a subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the trial of persons belonging to the king's household. 4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. Bureau system. See Bureaucracy. -- Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1830, and reëstablished in Brussels in 1870.

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    One who meets.
  • CONFERENCE
    A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters. 6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. Conference meeting,
  • CONVENTIONALLY
    In a conventional manner.
  • CHAMBERING
    Lewdness. Rom. xiii. 13.
  • CONGRESSIVE
    Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.
  • CHAMBERER
    1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. Chaucer. 2. A civilian; a carpetmonger.
  • CONVENTIONAL
    1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale. 2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by
  • CONVENTIONALISM
    The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t. (more info) 1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
  • BUREAUCRAT
    An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley.
  • CHAMBERED
    Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.
  • CONGRESSMAN
    A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.
  • CONVOCATIONIST
    An advocate or defender of convocation.
  • CONVENTIONIST
    One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.
  • BUREAUCRATIST
    An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.
  • ASSEMBLY
    A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble. Note: In some of the United States, the legislature, or the popular branch of it, is called the Assembly, or the General Assembly. In the Presbyterian Church, the General
  • CONGRESSIONAL
    Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates. Congressional and official labor. E. Everett. Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided ,
  • SYNODIC; SYNODICAL
    Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms. "A synodical epistle." Bp. Stillingfleet.
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    To render fit.
  • COUNCILMAN
    A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.
  • CHAMBERMAID
    1. A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc. 2. A lady's maid. Johnson.
  • STAR-CHAMBER
    An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed
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    Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
  • WATCH MEETING
    A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.
  • INCHAMBER
    To lodge in a chamber. Sherwood.
  • DISCOMPANY
    To free from company; to dissociate. It she be alone now, and discompanied. B. Jonson.

 

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