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Common
adj
•
Of or
pertaining
to an
office
or
public trust
.
•
Derived
from the
proper
office
or
officer
, or from the
proper
authority
; made or
communicated
by virtue of
authority
•
Approved
by
authority
;
authorized
.
•
Dubious
but
recognized
by
authorities
as
truth
and/or
canon
.
•
Sanctioned
by the
pharmacopoeia
;
appointed
to be used in
medicine
;
officinal
.
•
Discharging
an
office
or
function
.
•
Relating
to an
office
;
especially
, to a
subordinate
executive officer
or
attendant
.
•
Relating
to an
ecclesiastical
judge
appointed
by a
bishop
,
chapter
,
archdeacon
, etc; with
charge
of the
spiritual
jurisdiction
.
•
True
,
real
, beyond
doubt
.
•
In Pharmacology:
Listen in
a
national
pharmacopeia
.
noun
•
An
office holder
invested
with
powers
and
authorities
.
•
A person
responsible
for
applying
the
rules
of
a game
or
sport
in a
competition
.
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Similar
sanctioned
functionary
servants
recognized
servant
offical
decreed
approved
formal
staffer
above ground
Related
representative
executive
administrator
chief
insider
international
officer
ambassador
employee
commissioner
announcement
authority
attorney
inspector
office
president
director
member
investigator
agency
secretary
adviser
leader
expert
actual
manager
politician
officers
chairman
national
minister
governor
operative
advisor
lawyer
clerk
authorities
authoritative
definitive
specialist
judge
final
institution
prosecutor
auditor
analyst
diplomat
commander
advisory
ombudsman
representatives
government
informant
spokesperson
original
authorized
appointee
intelligence agency
police officer
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Opposite
unofficial
Rhymes
Fishel
initial
official
judicial
unofficial
artificial
superficial
interstitial
Lineage
official
English
official
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
officium
Latin
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