Definition of office

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Office (n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new..

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Nobleman :: Nobleman (n.) One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent..
Record :: Record (v. t.) An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law..
Cashier :: Cashier (v. t.) To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of trust.
Deanship :: Deanship (n.) The office of a dean.
Retired :: Retired (a.) Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician..
Selectman :: Selectman (n.) One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in each town..
Vicariate :: Vicariate (n.) Delegated office or power; vicarship; the office or oversight of a vicar.
Private :: Private (n.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
Cuinage :: Cuinage (n.) The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall..
Banneret :: Banneret (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
Marshal :: Marshal (n.) An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like.
Attorney-general :: Attorney-general (n.) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required..
Executorship :: Executorship (n.) The office of an executor.
Comforter :: Comforter (n.) The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers..
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc..
Return :: Return (n.) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document..
Constitute :: Constitute (v. t.) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower..
Mail :: Mail (v. t.) To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter..
Pastorage :: Pastorage (n.) The office, jurisdiction, or duty, of a pastor; pastorate..
Crosier :: Crosier (n.) The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God..
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