admiralties

Meaning of admiralties

plural noun
  1. (in the UK) the government department that administered the Royal Navy, now incorporated in the Ministry of Defence and current only in titles.
  2. the jurisdiction of courts of law over cases concerning ships or the sea and other navigable waters.
    it is necessary to issue a summons for directions in an admiralty case

late Middle English: from Old French admiralte, from admirail ‘emir, leader’ (see admiral).

Information about admiralties

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of admiralties is: admiralty.
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Hyphenation of admiralties

ad-mi-ral-ties

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
  • admiralties is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

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