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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   The ecclesiastical charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official principal. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   The state or fact of being official. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   Officials collectively. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From official + -ity; or French officialité, from Latin officialitas.

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