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Webster 1913 Edition

Official

Of-fi′cial

,
Adj.
[L.
officialis
: cf. F.
officiel
. See
Office
, and cf.
Official
,
Noun.
]
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.
Shakespeare
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 pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine;
as, an
official
drug or preparation
. Cf.
Officinal
.
4.
Discharging an office or function.
[Obs.]
The stomach and other parts
official
unto nutrition.
Sir T. Browne.

Of-fi′cial

,
Noun.
[L.
officialis
a magistrate’s servant or attendant: cf. F.
official
. See
Official
,
Adj.
, and cf.
Officer
.]
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.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Official

OFFI'CIAL

,
Adj.
1.
Pertaining to an office or public trust. The secretary is engaged in official duties.
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. We have official intelligence of the battle.
3.
Conducive by virtue of appropriate powers.
The stomach and other parts official to nutrition. [Unusual.]

OFFI'CIAL

,
Noun.
An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, &c., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

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