officiary
Americanadjective
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pertaining to or derived from an office, as a title.
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having a title or rank derived from an office, as a dignitary.
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of officiary
Example Sentences
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A former officiary of the Mormon church, he was on surer ground moralizing about what he considers the nation's most pressing problem, the disintegration of the American family.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a result, the officiary was reorganized, no longer as a camp meeting but as an Assembly Board.
From Project Gutenberg
These constituted the officiary and were members of the Foundry Quarterly Conference.
From Project Gutenberg
But, apart from all loyalty to right principle, on the part of the officiary of the Company, it is to me simply inconceivable that shrewd business men as these officials are known to be would be guilty of an act which from a purely business point of view would be a stupidly suicidal one.
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When the officiary administrative of any government become corrupt, it is on the highway to disruption and ruin.
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