officiate
verb (used without object)
to perform the office of a member of the clergy, as at a divine service.
had been officiating
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past perfect progressiveof officiate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Michael Grant had been officiating at a youth match on 19 October at Carre's Grammar School in Sleaford when he was struck by a "stray ball", Boston and District Saturday Football League said.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2022
Ignacio had been officiating high school basketball and baseball games when a colleague asked him to cover a Little League assignment.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2013
Father Dragoun, rector of the Croatian Catholic Mission in Paris, was sure that his offense had been officiating at a memorial mass for the late Cardinal Stepinac.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was afterwards permitted to return to Rotterdam, where he had been officiating as minister of the Scottish Church at the time he was ordered to remove out of the country.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
The following day Ernst and A’Dale saw, not without some anxiety, the priest who had been officiating at the altar enter the school.
From The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham by William Henry Giles Kingston
