Official

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Discharging an office or function.

II. Official ·adj One who holds an office; ·esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

III. Official ·noun Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.

IV. Official ·adj An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, ·etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

V. Official ·noun Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. ·cf. Officinal.

VI. Official ·noun 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.

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