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English

Etymology

From official (modern: officiel), from officium "duty, service".

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at en-us-official.ogg
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪʃəl|-ɪʃəl

Adjective

Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
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.
Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. See officinal.
Discharging an office or function.
Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

Translations

Dutch:
Esperanto: {{t-|eo|oficiala|xs=Esperanto}}
Norwegian:

Noun

An employee of the public authorities who acts in an official capacity and with certain powers and authorities

Translations

Norwegian: {{t-|no|offentlig tjenestemann|m}}

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

That, in the official marks invested, you
Anon do meet the senate. --Shak.
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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.
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3. (Pharm.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the
pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an
official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.
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4. Discharging an office or function. [Obs.]
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The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter,
archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual
jurisdiction. --Blackstone.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English established \established\ adj.
1. brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and
widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a
team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed
his prestige as an established writer; an established
precedent; the established Church. Contrasted with
unestablished. [Narrower terms: entrenched;
implanted, planted, rooted; official; recognized]
[WordNet 1.5]

2. securely established; as, an established reputation.

Syn: firm.
[WordNet 1.5]

3. settled securely and unconditionally.

Syn: accomplished, effected.
[WordNet 1.5]

4. conforming with accepted standards.
[WordNet 1.5]

5. shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; as, the
established facts in the case.

Syn: proved.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

6. (Bot.) introduced from another region and persisting
without cultivation; -- of plants.

Syn: naturalized.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

WordNet 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: someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the
golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"

Moby Dictionary
Federal , absolute , accepted , accredited , administrative ,
administrator , agent , amanuensis , apparently , approved , archon ,
aristocratic , ascendant , authentic , authoritarian , authoritative ,
authorized , autocratic , autonomous , baggage agent , binding ,
bona fide , booked , bureaucrat , bureaucratic , business agent ,
canonical , cathedral , ceremonial , ceremonious , certified ,
chancellor , chief executive , chief executive officer , civic , civil ,
civil servant , claim agent , cleared , clerk , clothed with authority ,
commanding , commercial agent , commission agent , competent ,
consequential , considerable , consignee , constitutional ,
controlling , customer agent , dean , decorous , democratic , despotic ,
dictated , dictatorial , didactic , directing , documented , dominant ,
down , duly constituted , dupe , eminent , empowered , endorsed ,
enrolled , entered , evidently , ex cathedra , ex officio , exec ,
executive , executive director , executive officer ,
executive secretary , factor , fascist , fed , federal , federal agent ,
federalist , federalistic , filed , formal , formulary , freight agent ,
functional , functionary , functionnaire , general agent , governing ,
governmental , great , gubernatorial , hard and fast , hegemonic ,
hegemonistic , heteronomous , imperative , implement , important ,
indexed , industrial , influential , inscribed , instructive ,
instrument , insurance agent , jack-in-office , land agent , law agent ,
lawful , leading , legal , legitimate , licensed , literary agent ,
loan agent , logged , magisterial , magistrate , management , manager ,
managing , managing director , mandarin , mandatory , matriarchal ,
matriarchic , mighty , ministerial , minuted , momentous , monarchal ,
monarchial , monarchic , monocratic , news agent , of record ,
office-bearer , officeholder , officer , officially , officiary ,
oligarchal , oligarchic , on file , on record , on the books ,
outwardly , parliamentarian , parliamentary , parliamentary agent ,
passenger agent , patriarchal , patriarchic , petty tyrant , placeman ,
pluralistic , political , pompous , posted , potent , powerful ,
preceptive , preeminent , prefect , prescribed , prescript ,
prescriptive , president , press agent , prestigious , prexy , pro ,
professedly , professional , prominent , proper , provost ,
public official , public servant , puissant , puppet ,
purchasing agent , ranking , real estate agent , received , recognized ,
recorded , red-tapist , registered , regulation , republican ,
ritualistic , rubric , ruling , sales agent , sanctioned , secretary ,
seemingly , seemly , self-governing , senior , solemn , special agent ,
standard , station agent , statutory , steward , stiff , substantial ,
superior , supervisory , supreme , technical , the administration ,
theatrical agent , theocratic , ticket agent , tool , totalitarian ,
travel agent , treasurer , true , valid , verified , vice-chancellor ,
vice-president , vocational , walking delegate , warden , weighty ,
written down

OFFICIAL, civil and canon laws. In the ancient civil law, the person who was the minister of, or attendant upon a magistrate, was called the official. 2. In the canon law, the person to whom the bishop generally commits the charge of his spiritual jurisdiction, bears this name. Wood's Inst. 30, 505; Merl. Repert. h.t.