Definition of official
- n. - Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as,
official duties, or routine.
- n. - 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.
- n. - Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia;
appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation.
Cf. Officinal.
- n. - Discharging an office or function.
- a. - One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive
officer or attendant.
- a. - An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter,
archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.