/sek'ri tair"ee euht/ , n.
1. the officials or office entrusted with administrative duties, maintaining records, and overseeing or performing secretarial duties, esp. for an international organization: the secretariat of the United Nations.
2. a group or department of secretaries.
3. the place where a secretary transacts business, preserves records, etc.
Also, secretariate .
[ 1805-15; secrétariat secretariatus. See SECRETARY, -ATE 3 ]