statecraft
stayt kraft
- n wisdom in the management of public affairs
- As a constitutional monarch she had limited executive powers; yet she learned statecraft so thoroughly that Cabinet ministers were constantly being stumped by her sharp .
- In the color pages that follow, PTI surveys a new and lively generation of First Ladies who are adding style and spirit to statecraft from Abidjan to Washington.
- In statecraft few Europeans shone in 1937.