Secretary vs. Sectary — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Secretary and Sectary
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Secretary
A secretary, administrative professional, or personal assistant is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, communication, or organizational skills. However this role should not be confused with the role of an executive secretary, who differs from a personal assistant.
Sectary
A sectarian.
Secretary
A person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, make appointments, and carry out administrative tasks
She was secretary to David Wilby MP
Sectary
A dissenter from an established church, especially a Protestant nonconformist.
Secretary
A person employed to handle correspondence, keep files, and do clerical work for another person or an organization.
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Sectary
A member of a particular sect, school of thought or practice, party, or profession; a sectarian.
Secretary
An officer who keeps records, takes minutes of the meetings, and answers correspondence, as for a company.
Sectary
(Christianity) A Protestant dissenter or nonconformist.
Secretary
An official who presides over an administrative department of state.
Sectary
A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter.
I never knew that time in England when men of truest religion were not counted sectaries.
Secretary
A desk with a small bookcase on top.
Sectary
A member of a sect;
Most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect
Secretary
(obsolete) Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
Secretary
(obsolete) Someone employed as a scribe for personal correspondence.
Secretary
A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
I have a personal secretary to help me organize my clients.
The secretary at the school is in charge of communication between parents, students, and staff.
Secretary
The head of a department of government.
Secretary
A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
Secretary
(US) A type of desk, secretary desk; a secretaire.
Secretary
A secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
Secretary
(transitive) To serve as a secretary of.
Secretary
One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.
Secretary
A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual.
That which is most of all profitable is acquaintance with the secretaries, and employed men of ambassadors.
Secretary
An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc.
Secretary
A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.
Secretary
The secretary bird.
Secretary
A person who is head of an administrative department of government
Secretary
An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
Secretary
A person to whom a secret is entrusted
Secretary
A desk used for writing
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