Official /(?)/

Of·fi·cial

Official

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
    That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the senate.
  2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.
  3. Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal. (Pharm.)
  4. Discharging an office or function. [Obs.]
    The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition.

Official

n.
  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.