Official

Of`fi´cial

a.	1.	Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine. That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the senate. - Shak.
	2.	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.
	3.	(Pharm.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopœia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.
	4.	Discharging an office or function. The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition. - Sir T. Browne.
n.	1.	One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
	2.	An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

Noun	1.	official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office Synonyms: functionary
	2.	official - someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
Adj.	1.	official - having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative" Antonyms: unofficial - not having official authority or sanction; "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity"
	2.	official - of or relating to an office; "official privileges"
	3.	official - verified officially; "the election returns are now official"
	4.	official - conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order" Synonyms: prescribed
	5.	official - (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution

OFFICIAL, civil and canon laws. In the ancient civil law, the person who was the minister of, or attendant upon a magistrate, was called the official.
2. In the canon law, the person to whom the bishop generally commits the charge of his spiritual jurisdiction, bears this name. Wood's Inst. 30, 505; Merl. Repert. h.t.

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