(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.
