- admiralty⇄admiralty, noun, pl.-ties.
1a. the branch of law dealing with affairs of the sea and of ships.
b. a court of law dealing with affairs of the sea and of ships.
2. the rank or position of an admiral. - admiralty⇄expr. the Admiralty, in Great Britain (until 1963):
a. the government department in charge of naval affairs.
Ex. The Admiralty is the only department of state conducted by a board (A. Lawrence Lowell).
b. the building in London where