Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A body of officials or officers.
- noun An official or officer.
- adjective Attached to or resulting from an office held. Used of a title.
- adjective Having a title resulting from the holding of an office. Used of a dignitary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to an office; official.
- Subservient; subordinate.
- noun An official: as, one of the state officiaries.
- noun Officers of an organization collectively; an official body.
- noun A division of a Highland estate in charge of ‘a ground officer.’
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official.
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Examples
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(By the time Curg got so that he shaved, he knew that "officiary" was the right way to say it, just as "certificate" is the right way to say "stiffcut.")
Back Home Eugene Wood 1891
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I'm not some nebulous collective of my party of players, and if the bartender would rather not deal with the religious officiary, that's great.
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But, apart from all loyalty to right principle, on the part of the officiary of the Company, it is to me simply inconceivable that shrewd business men as these officials are known to be would be guilty of an act which from a purely business point of view would be a stupidly suicidal one.
The Story of a Dark Plot or Tyranny on the Frontier A.L.O. C.
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These constituted the officiary and were members of the Foundry Quarterly Conference.
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The present officiary of the church is as follows: Pastor, Rev.L. M. Ritter.
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These constituted the officiary and were members of the Foundry Quarterly Conference.
The First Negro Churches in the District of Columbia John Wesley 1922
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When the officiary administrative of any government become corrupt, it is on the highway to disruption and ruin.
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When the officiary administrative of any government become corrupt, it is on the highway to disruption and ruin.
The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation Carry Amelia Nation 1878
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Certam it is, thefe titles were officiary in thofe ages, and were fbmetimes feudal, and fometimes conferred at the pleafure of the prince.
The History of Cheshire: Containing King's Vale-royal Entire 1778
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