(n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by
appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a
duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices,
pious offices.
(n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by
authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority;
as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office.
(n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God
himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and
that of the apostles in the new.
(n.) That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done,
by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a
function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings.
(n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service
for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers
and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's
office.
(n.) The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose
place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.
(n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics
discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens,
pantries, stables, etc.
(n.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any
prescribed religious service.
(v. t.) To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.
