OFFI'CIAL, adjective 1. Pertaining to an office or public trust. The secretary is engaged in official duties. 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. We have official intelligence of the battle. 3. Conducive by virtue of appropriate powers. The stomach and other parts official to nutrition. [Unusual.] OFFI'CIAL, noun An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
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