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Officialdom

//əˈfɪ.ʃəl.dəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The people elected to government or employed in the civil service. countable, uncountable

    "[Magazine staffer:] In the bag may be the next chief—a wedding to one of officialdom's family will assure certainty."

  2. 2
    people elected or appointed to administer a government wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being official countable, rare, uncountable

    "This was largely due to its widespread use in the army and officialdom in the Ottoman Empire."

Etymology

From official + -dom.

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