official /ə-fishˈəl/ adjective

1. Relating to an office
2. Depending on the proper office or authority
3. Done by authority
4. Issued or authorized by a public authority or office
5. (of an explanation, etc) untrue but maintained in public, the truth being embarrassing or compromising
6. (of a drug) recognized in the pharmacopoeia (cf officinal)

1. A person who holds an office
2. A subordinate public officer
3. The deputy of a bishop, etc

officˈialdom noun

1. Officials as a body
2. The world of officials
3. Officialism

officialeseˈ noun

Stilted, wordy and stereotyped English alleged to be characteristic of official letters and documents

officˈialism noun

1. Official position
2. Excessive devotion to official routine and detail
3. The self-importance of a Jack-in-office

officiality /ə-fish-i-alˈi-ti/ or officialty /ə-fishˈəl-ti/ noun (rare)

1. The charge, office or jurisdiction of an official
2. The official headquarters of an ecclesiastical or other deliberative and governing body
3. Officialism

officially /ə-fishˈə-li/ adverb

officiant /ə-fishˈi-ənt/ noun

Someone who officiates at a religious service, someone who administers a sacrament

officˈiate intransitive verb

To perform the duties of an office

officiāˈtion noun

officˈiator noun

offˈice-bearer noun

1. Someone who holds office
2. Someone who has an appointed duty to perform in connection with some company, society, church, etc

office block noun

A large building in which an office or variety of offices is housed

offˈice-book noun

A book of forms of church service

office boy, office girl noun

A boy or girl employed to do minor jobs in an office

offˈice-holder noun

1. Someone who holds a government office
2. A civil servant, usu in administration (US)

office hours plural noun

The time during which an office is open for business, typically 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday

offˈice-hunter noun

A self-seeking candidate for public employment

office junior noun

An employee who carries out general office duties under the direction of an office supervisor

Office of Fair Trading noun

A UK government agency set up in 1973 to protect traders and consumers against unfair trading practices (abbrev OFT)

officer of arms noun

(also with caps) any of the thirteen officers of the College of Arms (qv)

officer of the day noun (military)

The officer in charge of camp or unit security on any particular day

offˈice-seeker noun

A candidate for office

official list noun

A list of the current prices of stocks and shares published daily by the London Stock Exchange

official receiver see under receive

last offices

1. Rites for the dead
2. The preparation of a corpse for burial

officinal /o- or ə-fisˈi-nəl or o-fi-sēˈnəl/

1. Belonging to or used in a shop
2. Used in medicine
3. (now official) recognized in the pharmacopoeia (obsolete)
4. Sold by pharmacists

officˈinally adverb