Hypertext Webster Gateway: "official"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Official \Of*fi"cial\, a. [L. officialis: cf. F. officiel. See
{Office}, and cf. {Official}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as,
official duties, or routine.
That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do
meet the senate. --Shak.
2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the
proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of
authority; as, an official statement or report.
3. (Pharm.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the
pharmacop[oe]ia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an
official drug or preparation. Cf. {Officinal}.
4. Discharging an office or function. [Obs.]
The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition.
--Sir T.
Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Official \Of*fi"cial\, n. [L. officialis a magistrate's servant
or attendant: cf.F. official. See {Official}, a., and cf.
{Officer}.]
1. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive
officer or attendant.
2. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter,
archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual
jurisdiction. --Blackstone.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
official
adj 1: having official authority or sanction; "official
permission"; "an official representative" [ant: {unofficial}]
2: of or relating to an office; "official privileges"
3: verified officially; "the election returns are now official"
4: conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in
prescribed order" [syn: {prescribed}]
5: (of a church) given official status as a national or state
institution
n 1: a worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn: {functionary}]
2: administers rules of a game or sport
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