Definition of "directorates" [directorates]

• Plural form of directorate. (noun)

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• "An official comes (my friend is an official not of the lowest echelon by Muscovite measures) to the housing-exploitation office (they're now called directorates or administrations) and randomly chooses two surnames from a list provided."
• "More realistically, though, I think it would be easiest to make each of your proposed agencies "directorates" much like the CIA operates."
• "For years, the various "directorates" of the Commission didn't even have names, just Roman numerals for identification."