Definitions for admiralty

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admiralty ad·mi·ral·ty

Spelling: [ad-mer-uh l-tee]

IPA: /ˈæd mər əl ti/

Admiralty is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 390 anagrams from letters in admiralty (aadilmrty).

Definitions for admiralty

noun

1. the office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
2. the officials or the department of state having charge of naval affairs, as in Great Britain.
3. a court dealing with maritime questions, offenses, etc.
4. maritime law.
5. the Admiralty, the official building, in London, of the British commissioners for naval affairs.

adjective

1. of or relating to admiralty law.

Origin of admiralty

1300-50; Middle English amiralty Middle French. See admiral, -ty²

Examples for admiralty

The Daily Beast also found in the county clerk records an admiralty lien by Bud Billings for $10 million in silver coins.

I wish the admiralty had my complaint: but they have no bowels, at least for me.

The figures are those published weekly by the British admiralty.

In admiralty, Thomas, a student at the University of Hong Kong, shared a few well-worn words.

Kiao-chau was under the administration of the German admiralty.

The Lennon Wall in admiralty is a mosaic of Post-It notes, each square a scribbled wish.

This loss was admitted by the German admiralty on April 7, 1915.

Repeatedly he requested the admiralty that they would not leave him to rust in indolence.

Central and admiralty have some of the most expensive retail outlets in the world, and they are popular with the Mainland crowd.

Ichabod is like a drunk uncle at Thanksgiving, always saying adorably outdated things like, “Is this an admiralty court?”