Noun

• S: (n) official, functionary (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
• S: (n) official (someone who administers the rules of a game or sport) "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"

Adjective

• S: (adj) official (having official authority or sanction) "official permission"; "an official representative"
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• W: (n) office [Related to: official] ((of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power) "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"
• S: (adj) official (of or relating to an office) "official privileges"
• S: (adj) official (verified officially) "the election returns are now official"
• S: (adj) official, prescribed (conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline) "in prescribed order"
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• S: (adj) regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle) "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties"
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• W: (n) office [Related to: official] (a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities) "the offices of the mass"
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• S: (adj) official ((of a church) given official status as a national or state institution)