What does "office-holder" mean?

Alternative form of officeholder.

Office-holder

Q: What is a synonym for "office-holder"?

Common synonyms include: incumbent, bureaucrat, civil servant, functionary, functionnaire, holdover.

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Alternative form of officeholder. alt-of, alternative
"Any Christian office-holder, be he pope or bishop, emperor or king, was expected to be totally identified with his office, to enter into a spiritual union with it, and this “matrimonial' relationship was signified by the ring bestowed at ordination or coronation ceremony."

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incumbent bureaucrat civil servant functionary functionnaire holdover

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"Any Christian office-holder, be he pope or bishop, emperor or king, was expected to be totally identified with his office, to enter into a spiritual union with it, and this “matrimonial' relationship was signified by the ring bestowed at ordination or coronation ceremony."

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