official
- 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.
This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.