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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Official \Of*fi"cial\, a. [L. officialis: cf. F. officiel. See {Office}, and cf. {Official}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine. [1913 Webster] That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the senate. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Pharm.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. {Officinal}. [1913 Webster] 4. Discharging an office or function. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Official \Of*fi"cial\, n. [L. officialis a magistrate's servant or attendant: cf. F. official. See {Official}, a., and cf. {Officer}.] 1. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant. [1913 Webster] 2. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: established \established\ adj. 1. brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed his prestige as an established writer; an established precedent; the established Church. Contrasted with {unestablished}. [Narrower terms: {entrenched}; {implanted, planted, rooted}; {official}; {recognized}] [WordNet 1.5] 2. securely established; as, an established reputation. Syn: firm. [WordNet 1.5] 3. settled securely and unconditionally. Syn: accomplished, effected. [WordNet 1.5] 4. conforming with accepted standards. [WordNet 1.5] 5. shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; as, the established facts in the case. Syn: proved. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 6. (Bot.) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants. Syn: naturalized. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: official adj 1: having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative" [ant: {unofficial}] 2: of or relating to an office; "official privileges" 3: verified officially; "the election returns are now official" 4: conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order" [syn: {official}, {prescribed}] 5: (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution n 1: a worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn: {official}, {functionary}] 2: someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling" From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: official /ɔfiʃəl/ functionary