directorate

noun

Etymology: From director + -ate.

1. An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.
2. A body of directors.

   “Meronym: managing director”

   “The critically low level of rainfall in the second half of 2020 – approaching 50% year on year for November – led the religious affairs directorate to instruct imams and their congregations to pray for rain last month.”