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English Dictionary: Official	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
official adj having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative" Antonym(s): unofficial of or relating to an office; "official privileges" verified officially; "the election returns are now official" conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order" Synonym(s): official, prescribed (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution n a worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn: official, functionary] someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Official \Offi"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[d2]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.