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▸ adjective: Derived from the proper office or officer, or the appropriate authority; made or communicated by authority
▸ adjective: Approved by authority; authorized.
▸ adjective: (Of a statement) Dubious but recognized by authorities as the truth or canon.
▸ adjective: (pharmacology) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
▸ adjective: Discharging an office or function.
▸ adjective: Relating to an office, especially 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.
▸ adjective: (informal) True, real, beyond doubt.
▸ adjective: (pharmacology) Listed in a national pharmacopeia.
▸ noun: An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.
Similar:
functionary,
ex officio,
regular,
authoritative,
formal,
established,
prescribed,
confirmed,
authorized,
semiofficial,
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Types:
police officer,
firefighter,
teacher,
judge,
politician,
military officer,
ambulance driver,
tax collector,
postal worker,
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