FLAG (12) — Definition of term in SntMaster Dictionary

FLAG (12)

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a term used in the titles of a number of Sea Organization posts and orgs. The word Flag is short for Flagship, and originally designated the Sea Org Motor Vessel Apollo, the flagship of the Sea Organization. The organizations which were aboard this ship, though land based since 1975, have retained the word Flag in their titles, including the organization which manages churches internationally. See also Sea Org in this glossary.

—Staff Status II Glossary, Approved late Sept. 1990