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Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia, Civil service by country, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2011, Justices of the peace, Public administration
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civil service  civil servants  civil service in Spain  civil service system  civilian service
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Government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations WordNet 3.0
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The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. Wikipedia
The body of employees of a government Wikipedia Disambiguation
Branch of governmental service or employees of a government agency Wikidata
The body of civilian employees of any level of government, not subject to political appointment and removal, normally hired and promoted largely on the basis of competitive examination. Wiktionary
Body of civilian employees. Wiktionary (translation)
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He's got a steady job in the civil service. Wiktionary