Cabinet

(kab'e-net.) [Fr., from cabaret, a cabin.] (Pol.) A certain number of the higher ministers of state who determine the measures and action of the govt. The C. of the Pres. of the U. States consists of the Secretaries of State, the Treasury, the Interior, War, and the Navy, the Attorney-general, and the Postmaster-general;their meetings are termed cabinet-councils. [s. 128]