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1. A worker who holds or is invested with an office
   - functionary
    
2. Someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
   "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"

1. Having official authority or sanction
   "official permission"; "an official representative"
    
2. Verified officially
   "the election returns are now official"
    
3. Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
   "in official order";
   - prescribed
    
4. (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
    
5. Of or relating to an office
   "official privileges"

Derived forms: officials

See also: authorised [Brit], authoritative, authorized, confirmed, constituted, established, ex officio, formal, formalised [Brit], formalized, regular, semiofficial

Type of: adjudicator, skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker

Antonym: unofficial

Encyclopedia: Official