Definition of office

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Office (n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices..

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Wardenship :: Wardenship (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a warden.
Corps :: Corps (n. sing. & pl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.
Decemvirate :: Decemvirate (n.) The office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome.
Ablegate :: Ablegate (n.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office..
Leet :: Leet (n.) A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office..
Subpubic :: Subprior (n.) The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.
Boston :: Boston (n.) A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war..
Town-crier :: Town-crier (n.) A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town.
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army..
Tyburn Ticket :: Tyburn ticket () A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices..
Triumvirate :: Triumvirate (n.) A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire..
Responsible :: Responsible (a.) Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office..
Forfeiture :: Forfeiture (n.) The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act..
Meresman :: Meresman (n.) An officer who ascertains meres or boundaries.
Historiographership :: Historiographership (n.) The office of an historiographer.
Make :: Make (v. t.) To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing..
Septemvir :: Septemvir (n.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office.
Commination :: Commination (n.) An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners..
Position :: Position (n.) Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position..
Officeholder :: Officeholder (n.) An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman..
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