DEPARTMENTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does departmental mean? 

• DEPARTMENTAL (adjective)
  The adjective DEPARTMENTAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a department

  Familiarity information: DEPARTMENTAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPARTMENTAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a department

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

departmental policy

Pertainym:

department (a specialized division of a large organization)

Derivation:

department (a specialized division of a large organization)

department (the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France))

 Context examples 

Besides, neither of them could possibly have known that there was anything more valuable than the ordinary departmental papers in my despatch-box.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A list of non-aligned cancer center members with their departmental affiliations, areas of expertise and research interests and description of the strategies used to take advantage of their scientific expertise in furthering the research objectives of the center, is an essential part of the Cancer Center Support Grant Application.

(Non-programmatically Aligned Cancer Center Research Member Section of Cancer Center Support Grant Application, NCI Thesaurus)

“Besides the members of the Cabinet there are two, or possibly three, departmental officials who know of the letter. No one else in England, Mr. Holmes, I assure you.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)