directorate

From director +‎ -ate.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): (UK) /dɪˈɹɛktəɹət/, /daɪˈɹɛktəɹət/

• Audio (General American):

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directorate (plural directorates)

1. An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.
2. A body of directors.

   Synonym: directorship

   Hyponym: board of directors

   Meronym: managing director

   • 2021 January 13, Bethan McKernan, “Turkey drought: Istanbul could run out of water in 45 days”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 August 2025:

     The critically low level of rainfall in the second half of 2020 – approaching 50% year on year for November – led the religious affairs directorate to instruct imams and their congregations to pray for rain last month.