"civil service" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: civil services [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} civil service (plural civil services)
  1. In parliamentary forms of government, the branches of government that are not military, legislative, or judicial, but work to apply its laws and regulations. Categories (topical): Government Translations (branches of government that are not military, legislative or judicial): 行政部門 (Chinese Mandarin), 行政部门 (xíngzhèng bùmén) (Chinese Mandarin), ambtenarij [feminine] (Dutch), rijksdienst [feminine] (Dutch), julkinen sektori (Finnish), საჯარო სამსახური (saǯaro samsaxuri) (Georgian), öffentliche Dienst [masculine] (German), Staatsdienst [masculine] (German), função pública [feminine] (Portuguese), государственная служба (gosudarstvennaja služba) (Russian), javna uprava [feminine] (Slovene), función pública [feminine] (Spanish), servicio civil [masculine] (Spanish), serbisyo sibil (Tagalog), lingkurang-bayan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-civil_service-en-noun-7QuhGxTv Disambiguation of Government: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'branches of government that are not military, legislative or judicial': 84 16
  2. The body of civilian employees of any level of government, not subject to political appointment and removal, normally hired and promoted largely on the basis of competitive examination. Related terms: civil servant, executive Translations (body of civilian employees): 公務員 (Chinese Mandarin), 公务员 (gōngwùyuán) [countable, noun] (Chinese Mandarin), ambtenarenapparaat [neuter] (Dutch), ambtenarij [feminine] (Dutch), julkinen sektori (Finnish), services publics [masculine, plural] (French), fonction publique [feminine] (French), öffentliche Dienst [masculine] (German), função pública [feminine] (Portuguese), serviço público [masculine] (Portuguese), servicio civil [masculine] (Spanish), serbisyo sibil (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-civil_service-en-noun-2cei9yPu Disambiguation of 'body of civilian employees': 23 77

Inflected forms

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