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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 External links

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

   an official statement or report

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

   an official drug or preparation

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

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• 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