adjective. Of or relating to an office or a post of authority.

adjective. Authorized by a proper authority; authoritative.

adjective. Holding office or serving in a public capacity.

adjective. Characteristic of or befitting a person of authority; formal.

adjective. Authorized by or contained in the US Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. Used of drugs.

noun. One who holds an office or position, especially one who acts in a subordinate capacity for an institution such as a corporation or governmental agency.

noun. A referee or umpire.

In pharm., authorized by the pharmacopœia of some country or countries: as, an official drug; an official preparation. In this sense recent, displacing the broader term officinal.

Of or pertaining to office or the performance of the duties of an office: as, official duty; official cares or responsibility.

Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; hence, authorized: as, an official statement or report.

Performing duties or offices; rendering useful service; ministering.

noun. One who is invested with an office of a public nature; one holding a civil appointment: as, a government official; a railway official.

noun. In English ecclesiastical law, a person appointed as judge by a bishop, chapter, or archdeacon, to hear causes in the ecclesiastical courts.

noun. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

noun. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

adjective. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.

adjective. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority.

adjective. Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopœia; appointed to be used in medicine. Cf. Officinal.

adjective. Discharging an office or function.

adjective. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.

adjective. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority

adjective. Approved by authority; authorized.

adjective. sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal

adjective. Discharging an office or function.

adjective. Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

adjective. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

noun. An office holder invested with powers and authorities.

noun. A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.

adjective. (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution

noun. a worker who holds or is invested with an office

adjective. conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline

adjective. of or relating to an office

adjective. having official authority or sanction

adjective. verified officially

noun. someone who administers the rules of a game or sport