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executive department
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Executive (government)
The executive is the organ that exercises authority in and holds responsibility for the governance of a state. The executive executes and enforces law.
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United States federal executive departments
The United States federal executive departments are among the oldest primary units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States—the Departments of State, War, and the Treasury all having been established within a few weeks of each other in 1789.
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executive department
Noun
1. a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
(hypernym) federal department, federal office, department of the federal government
(hyponym) White House, EXEC
(member-holonym) executive branch, Executive Office of the President
