corridors of power

The offices of powerful leaders. For example, As clerk to a Supreme Court justice, Jim thought he'd get his foot inside the corridors of power . This term was first used by C.P. Snow in his novel Homecomings (1956) for the ministries of Britain's Whitehall, with their top-ranking civil servants. Later it was broadened to any high officials.

corridors of power

The places or positions from which people in authority wield power.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iob	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Terry	['teri]
Gregorios	-	Greek, Late Greek
Ji-Yeong	jee-yung	Korean
Apikalia	-	Hawaiian
SÉBastienne	-	French