Thesaurus: official

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1. n. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
2. n. 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. n. Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.
4. n. Discharging an office or function.
5. a. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
6. a. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
7. adj. having official authority or sanction
8. adj. of or relating to an office
9. adj. verified officially
10. adj. conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
11. adj. (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
12. n. a worker who holds or is invested with an office