Definition of office

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Office (n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office..

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Tithingman :: Tithingman (n.) A peace officer; an under constable.
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..
Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..
Subdial :: Subdiaconate (n.) The office or rank of a subdeacon.
Cockswain :: Cockswain (n.) The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.
Roughrider :: Roughrider (n.) One who breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry, whose duty is to assist the riding master..
Honor :: Honor (n.) A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under Honorable..
Aleconner :: Aleconner (n.) Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.].
Barmaster :: Barmaster (n.) Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote..
Bail :: Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court..
Amove :: Amove (v. t.) To dismiss from an office or station.
Outlier :: Outlier (n.) One who does not live where his office, or business, or estate, is..
Ministerial :: Ministerial (a.) Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal..
Generalship :: Generalship (n.) The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general..
Return :: Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court..
Proocutorship :: Proocutorship (n.) The office of a prolocutor.
Reve :: Reve (n.) An officer, steward, or governor..
Undershrievalty :: Undershrievalty (n.) The office or position of an undersheriff.
Comptroler :: Comptroler (n.) A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.
Brevet :: Brevet (n.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.
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