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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Official \Of*fi"cial\, a. [L. officialis: cf F. officiel. See {Office}, and cf {Official}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as official duties, or routine. That in the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the senate. --Shak. 2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as an official statement or report. 3. (Pharm.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacop[oe]ia; appointed to be used in medicine; as an official drug or preparation. Cf {Officinal}. 4. Discharging an office or function. [Obs.] The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition. --Sir T. Browne. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Official \Of*fi"cial\, n. [L. officialis a magistrate's servant or attendant: cf.F. official. See {Official}, a., and cf {Officer}.] 1. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant. 2. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. --Blackstone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: official adj 1: having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative" [ant: {unofficial}] 2: of or relating to an office; "official privileges" 3: verified officially; "the election returns are now official" 4: conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order" [syn: {prescribed}] 5: (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution n 1: a worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn: {functionary}] 2: administers rules of a game or sport
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