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officiary

[ uh-fish-ee-er-ee ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or derived from an office, as a title.
  2. having a title or rank derived from an office, as a dignitary.


officiary

/ əˈɪʃɪəɪ /

noun

  1. a body of officials
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or derived from office
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of officiary1

1605–15; < Latin offici ( um ) office + -ary
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A former officiary of the Mormon church, he was on surer ground moralizing about what he considers the nation's most pressing problem, the disintegration of the American family.

As a result, the officiary was reorganized, no longer as a camp meeting but as an Assembly Board.

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These constituted the officiary and were members of the Foundry Quarterly Conference.

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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.

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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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