The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition.
Sir T. Browne.
Of*fi"cial, n. [L. officialis a magistrate's servant or attendant:
cf.F. official. See Official, a., 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.
Of*fi"cial*ism (?), n. The state of being official; a system of
official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.
Officialism may often drift into blunders.
Smiles.
Of*fi`ci*al"i*ty (f*fsh`*l"*t), n. See Officialty.
Of*fi"cial*ly (?), adv. By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper
authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or
office; as, accounts or reports officially verified or rendered;
letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.
Of*fi"cial*ty (?), n. [Cf.F. officialité.] The charge, office, court,
or jurisdiction of an official. Ayliffe.
Of*fi"ciant (?), n. [L. officians, p. pr. See Officiate.] (Eccl.) The
officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office.
Shipley.
Of*fi"ci*a*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to an office or an officer;
official. [R.] Heylin.
Of*fi"ci*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Officiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Officiating.] [LL. officiare. See Office.] To act as an officer in
performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public
trust; to conduct a public service. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Of*fi"ci*ate, v. t. To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official
duty or function. [Obs.]
Merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth.
Milton.
Of*fi"ci*a`tor (?), n. One who officiates. Tylor.
Of*fic"i*nal (?), a. [F., fr. L. officina a workshop, contr.fr.
opificina, fr. opifex a workman; opus work + facere to make or do.] 1.
Used in a shop, or belonging to it. [Obs. or R.] Johnson.
2. (Pharm.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and
medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or
compounding; not magistral.
This term is often interchanged with official, but in strict use
officinal drugs are not necessarily official. See Official, a., 3.
Of*fi"cious (?), a. [L. officiosus: cf.F. officieux. See Office.] 1.
Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [R.]
If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than as
officious and venial one.
Note on Gen. xxvii. (Douay version).