| office | (noun) a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities | - |
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| (noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | Synonyms: function, part, role |
| (noun) a job in an organization | Synonyms: berth, place, position, post, situation |
| (noun) place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed | Synonyms: business office |
| (noun) professional or clerical workers in an office | Synonyms: office staff |
| (noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency |
| (noun) (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power | Synonyms: power |
| officeholder | (noun) the official who holds an office | Synonyms: incumbent |
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| (noun) someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust | Synonyms: officer |
| officer | (noun) a member of a police force | Synonyms: police officer |
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| (noun) someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust | Synonyms: officeholder |
| (noun) any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command | Synonyms: military officer |
| (noun) a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel | Synonyms: ship's officer |
| (verb) direct or command as an officer | - |
| official | (adjective) having official authority or sanction | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to an office | - |
| (adjective) verified officially | - |
| (adjective) (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution | - |
| (adjective) conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline | Synonyms: prescribed |
| (noun) someone who administers the rules of a game or sport | - |
| (noun) a worker who holds or is invested with an office | Synonyms: functionary |
| officialdom | (noun) people elected or appointed to administer a government | Synonyms: government officials |
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| officialese | (noun) the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure | - |
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| officialise | (verb) make official | Synonyms: officialize |
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| officialize | (verb) make official | Synonyms: officialise |
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| officially | (adverb) in an official role | - |
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| (adverb) with official authorization | Synonyms: formally |
| officiant | (noun) a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service | - |
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| officiate | (verb) perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function | Synonyms: function |
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| (verb) act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding | - |
| officiating | (noun) the act of umpiring | Synonyms: officiation, refereeing, umpirage |
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| officiation | (noun) the act of umpiring | Synonyms: officiating, refereeing, umpirage |
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| (noun) the performance of a religious or ceremonial or public duty | - |
| officious | (adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | Synonyms: busy, busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling |
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| officiously | (adverb) in an officious manner | - |
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| officiousness | (noun) aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation | Synonyms: intrusiveness, meddlesomeness |
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| offing | (noun) the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area | - |
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| (noun) the near or foreseeable future | - |
| offish | (adjective) lacking cordiality; unfriendly | Synonyms: standoffish |
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