Definition of office

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Office (n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc..

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Pontifical :: Pontifical (n.) A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff..
Janitor :: "Janitor (n.) A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc..
Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.
Regency :: Regency (a.) The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself..
Array :: Array (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause..
Ministerial :: Ministerial (a.) Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal..
Brigadier General :: Brigadier general () An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier..
Junket :: Junket (v. i.) To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.
Sisterhood :: Sisterhood (n.) The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.
Deposal :: Deposal (n.) The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne.
Superintendence :: Superintend (v. t.) To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort..
Interpellate :: Interpellate (v. t.) To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of a legislative body..
Father :: Father (n.) One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection..
Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign..
Prebendate :: Prebendate (v. t.) To invest with the office of prebendary; to present to a prebend.
Pontificate :: Pontificate (n.) The term of office of a pontiff.
Burgess :: Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.
Basic :: Basic (a.) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
Verger :: Verger (n.) One who carries a verge, or emblem of office..
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