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Noun: Department of State
  1. The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
    "the Department of State was created in 1789"; "the United States Department of State was created in 1789";
    - United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoS
     
  2. United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River
    - Foggy Bottom [US, informal]

Type of: executive department

Encyclopedia: Department of State, United States of America