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[edit] Etymology

From Old French official, from Latin officium (“‘duty, service’”)

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  Rhymes: -ɪʃəl

[edit] Adjective

official (comparative more official, superlative most official)

1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust

   official duties

2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority

   an official statement or report

3. Approved by authority; authorized.
4. sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal

   an official drug or preparation

5. Discharging an office or function.
6. Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
7. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

[edit] Related terms

• office
• officer
• officiate

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[edit] Noun

official (plural officials)

1. An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
2. A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.

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[edit] External links

• official in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• official in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911