bumbledom

noun

self-importance in a minor office

Word Origin for bumbledom

C19: after Bumble, name of the beadle in Dickens' Oliver Twist (1837–38)

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Historical Examples of bumbledom

Bumbledom was not dead, but its activities were less blatant.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. III of IV
Charles L. Graves