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Home department

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the department of executive administration, by which the internal affairs of a country are managed.

See also: Home



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I will divide the county into districts, over which I will place my deputies; and I will have one for the village, which I will call my home department.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Then, giving the Home Department and the leadership of the House of Commons to Joodle, the Exchequer to Koodle, the Colonies to Loodle, and the Foreign Office to Moodle, what are you to do with Noodle?
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
, wishes to be informed (with something of a second-hand air of seeing the Right Honourable Gentleman at the head of the Home Department in his place) whether it is intended to be conveyed that the vanished person has been spirited away or otherwise harmed?
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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