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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A body of officials or officers.
  • noun An official or officer.
  • adjective Attached to or resulting from an office held. Used of a title.
  • adjective Having a title resulting from the holding of an office. Used of a dignitary.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to an office; official.
  • Subservient; subordinate.
  • noun An official: as, one of the state officiaries.
  • noun Officers of an organization collectively; an official body.
  • noun A division of a Highland estate in charge of ‘a ground officer.’

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official.

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