Admiralty
the Ad·mir·alty BrE [ˈædmərəlti] NAmE [ˈædmərəlti] noun singular  singular or plural verb
(in Britain in the past) the government department controlling the navy
Word Origin:
[Admiralty] late Middle English: from Old French admiralte, from admirail ‘emir, leader’ via medieval Latin from Arabic 'amīr ‘commander’ (from 'amara ‘to command’).
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