Official - Definition
official
adj 1: having official authority or sanction; "official
permission"; "an official representative" [ant:
unofficial]
2: of or relating to an office; "official privileges"
3: verified officially; "the election returns are now official"
4: conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in
prescribed order" [syn: official, prescribed]
5: (of a church) given official status as a national or state
institution
n 1: a worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn:
official, functionary]
2: someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the
golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"