editorial department

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   the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication

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Questions about editorial department

What does editorial department mean?

editorial department means "the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication".

Is editorial department a common word?

editorial department is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.