Preofficial
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Prior to officialdom. not-comparable
"It breaks us from the habit of seeing preofficial life as a simple preparatory imitation of the career to come, and from thinking of literati men as if they had always been incumbent officials […]"
Example
More examples"It breaks us from the habit of seeing preofficial life as a simple preparatory imitation of the career to come, and from thinking of literati men as if they had always been incumbent officials […]"
Etymology
From pre- + official.
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