official : Idioms & Phrases
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administrative official
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noun an official of a bureaucracy
bureaucrat.
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elected official
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noun official who won the office in a free election
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ex-official
Ex`-of*fi"cial adjective
Definitions
Proceeding from office or authority.
Webster 1913
extra-official
Ex`tra-of*fi"cial adjective
Definitions
Not prescribed by official duty.
Webster 1913
federal official
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noun any federal law-enforcement officer
Federal; Fed.
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football official
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noun an official who enforces the rules at a football game
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government officials
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noun people elected or appointed to administer a government
officialdom.
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official document
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noun (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
legal instrument; legal document; instrument.
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official emissary
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noun a member of a legation
legate.
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official immunity
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noun personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authority
