official > define

noun

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

adjective

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

• (a.) One who holds an office; especially, a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
• (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.) Discharging an office or function.
• (a.) An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
• (n.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.
• (n.) Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties or routine.