civil service
branch of governmental service or employees of a government agency
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Summary
civil service is a service type[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of service type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,333 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: organization[3], activity[4]
- Has use: public interest[5]
- Commons category: Civil services[6]
- Has part(s): public office[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Civil services[8]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], The Encyclopedia Americana[14], New International Encyclopedia[15], The New Student's Reference Work[16]
- Partially coincident with: public service[17]
- Topic has template: Template:Civil service[18]
- Different from: civil servant[19]
- Uses: merit system[20]
- Practiced by: civil servant[21], contract servant[22]
- P14541: qTt4V[23]
Why It Matters
civil service has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]