| Pretoria |
the administrative capital of South Africa. (Cf. Bloemfontein, Cape Town.) |
| principal's office |
the administrative office of the head of a school, sometimes seen particularly as the place where disciplinary action is carried out or where decisions with regard to discipline are made and announced. |
| province |
one of the administrative divisions of a country or empire. [1/4 definitions] |
| provost |
in some colleges and universities, the chief administrative officer. [1/3 definitions] |
| quaestor |
an official of ancient Rome who performed various administrative and financial tasks. |
| quarter sessions |
a U.S. court with limited jurisdiction in criminal cases that sometimes has local administrative powers. [1/2 definitions] |
| rank1 |
(pl.) the persons who make up an organization, esp. the military, except for the officers or those in high administrative positions. [1/10 definitions] |
| regime |
a social, managerial, or administrative pattern. [1/3 definitions] |
| regional |
having reference to defined political and administrative units. [1/3 definitions] |
| regionalism |
an administrative principle of dividing an area into definable regions and subjecting these regions to local control. [1/3 definitions] |
| -ric |
administrative region or body; jurisdiction. |
| Roman Curia |
the administrative, judicial, and executive offices of the papal see that compose the government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1/2 definitions] |
| seat |
an administrative center. [1/9 definitions] |
| secretary |
a person who works for a business, an institution, or an individual at such administrative tasks as managing correspondence, keeping records, and scheduling meetings and appointments. [1/4 definitions] |
| sergeant major |
a noncommissioned officer who serves as chief administrative assistant in a military headquarters. [1/3 definitions] |
| shire |
in Great Britain, a territorial administrative division; county. |
| supervisor |
an elected local administrative official. [1/2 definitions] |
| town hall |
a building that houses the administrative offices of a town and often the meeting room of the town governing body. |
| trusteeship |
the administrative control of territory given to a country by the United Nations. [1/2 definitions] |
| vicar-general |
an administrative aide to a bishop or other ecclesiastical officer in a church. [1/2 definitions] |
| ward |
an administrative district of some cities or towns. [1/5 definitions] |