The advisory board or council of a king or other chief executive. In the government of the United States the cabinet is composed of the secretary of state , the sec- cretary of the treasury, the secretary of the interior, the secretary of war, the secretary of the navy, the secretary of agriculture , the secretary of commerce and labor, the attorney general , and the postmaster general . The select or secret council of a prince or executive government; so called from the apartment in which it was originally held. Webster.
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