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admiralty
noun(ad-mi-ral-ty)the executive department or officers formerly having general authority over British naval affairs
admiralty
noun(ad-mi-ral-ty)the court having jurisdiction over questions of maritime law; also : the system of law administered by admiralty courts
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geographical name(ad-mi-ral-ty)branch of Puget Sound in northwestern Washington
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geographical name(ad-mi-ral-ty)island 90 miles (145 kilometers) long in southeastern Alaska in the northern part of the Alexander Archipelago
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geographical name(ad-mi-ral-ty)islands of Papua New Guinea in the western Pacific north of New Guinea in the Bismarck Archipelago area 800 square miles (2080 square kilometers), population 30,160
admiralty
noun(ad-mi-ral-ty)a government department formerly in charge of the British Navy