5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Official \Of*fi"cial\, noun [L. officialis a magistrate's servant or attendant: cf. F. official. See {Official}, adjective, 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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Official \Of*fi"cial\, adjective [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. --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 pharmacop[oe]ia; 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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: established \established\ adjective 1. brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed his prestige as an established writer; an established precedent; the established Church. Contrasted with {unestablished}. [Narrower terms: {entrenched}; {implanted, planted, rooted}; {official}; {recognized}] [WordNet 1.5] 2. securely established; as, an established reputation. Syn: firm. [WordNet 1.5] 3. settled securely and unconditionally. Syn: accomplished, effected. [WordNet 1.5] 4. conforming with accepted standards. [WordNet 1.5] 5. shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; as, the established facts in the case. Syn: proved. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 6. (Bot.) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants. Syn: naturalized. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: official adjective 1: having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative" [ant: {unofficial}] 2: of or relating to an office; "official privileges" 3: verified officially; "the election returns are now official" 4: conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order" [syn: {prescribed}] 5: (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution noun 1: a worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn: {functionary}] 2: someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling" From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 236 Moby Thesaurus words for "official": Federal, absolute, accepted, accredited, administrative, administrator, agent, amanuensis, apparently, approved, archon, aristocratic, ascendant, authentic, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, autonomous, baggage agent, binding, bona fide, booked, bureaucrat, bureaucratic, business agent, canonical, cathedral, ceremonial, ceremonious, certified, chancellor, chief executive, chief executive officer, civic, civil, civil servant, claim agent, cleared, clerk, clothed with authority, commanding, commercial agent, commission agent, competent, consequential, considerable, consignee, constitutional, controlling, customer agent, dean, decorous, democratic, despotic, dictated, dictatorial, didactic, directing, documented, dominant, down, duly constituted, dupe, eminent, empowered, endorsed, enrolled, entered, evidently, ex cathedra, ex officio, exec, executive, executive director, executive officer, executive secretary, factor, fascist, fed, federal, federal agent, federalist, federalistic, filed, formal, formulary, freight agent, functional, functionary, functionnaire, general agent, governing, governmental, great, gubernatorial, hard and fast, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heteronomous, imperative, implement, important, indexed, industrial, influential, inscribed, instructive, instrument, insurance agent, jack-in-office, land agent, law agent, lawful, leading, legal, legitimate, licensed, literary agent, loan agent, logged, magisterial, magistrate, management, manager, managing, managing director, mandarin, mandatory, matriarchal, matriarchic, mighty, ministerial, minuted, momentous, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, news agent, of record, office-bearer, officeholder, officer, officially, officiary, oligarchal, oligarchic, on file, on record, on the books, outwardly, parliamentarian, parliamentary, parliamentary agent, passenger agent, patriarchal, patriarchic, petty tyrant, placeman, pluralistic, political, pompous, posted, potent, powerful, preceptive, preeminent, prefect, prescribed, prescript, prescriptive, president, press agent, prestigious, prexy, pro, professedly, professional, prominent, proper, provost, public official, public servant, puissant, puppet, purchasing agent, ranking, real estate agent, received, recognized, recorded, red-tapist, registered, regulation, republican, ritualistic, rubric, ruling, sales agent, sanctioned, secretary, seemingly, seemly, self-governing, senior, solemn, special agent, standard, station agent, statutory, steward, stiff, substantial, superior, supervisory, supreme, technical, the administration, theatrical agent, theocratic, ticket agent, tool, totalitarian, travel agent, treasurer, true, valid, verified, vice-chancellor, vice-president, vocational, walking delegate, warden, weighty, written down

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