单词 | minister of the interior |
释义 | > as lemmasMinister of the Interior 3. The internal or ‘home’ affairs of a country or state; the department concerned with these: in the titles Secretary, Department of the Interior, used in U.S. and Canada, and Minister of the Interior, used in reference to most foreign countries, as France, Germany, Italy, etc.Corresponding to the Home Office, and Home Secretary, in Great Britain, and in Historical use to the Colonial Office and Colonial Secretary in most British Colonies. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > [noun] > sphere of politics or affairs of state > branch of interior1838 cultural affairs1918 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 418/2 The cabinet council of the king [of France] consists of eight ministers for the following departments:—1, Finance; 2, the Interior; 3, Justice [etc.]. 1899 Whitaker's Almanack 484 (Canada) Sec. of State, Railways & Canals, Finance, Justice, Interior, Public Works, Agriculture, etc. 1899 Whitaker's Almanack 583 (United States of A.) Sec. of State, Treasury, War, Navy, Interior, Agriculture. < as lemmas |
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