Cryptic crossword clue
Ruler’s office, for example, in which gin is kept 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SATRAPY

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What does SATRAPY mean?

SATRAPY noun
  1. The territory governed by a satrap; a province of any of several ancient empires of Western Asia (specifically, of the Median or Achaemenid empires or certain of their successors, including the Sassanian Empire and Hellenistic empires).

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