Office

Definition:

  • (n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices.
  • (n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office.
  • (n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.
  • (n.) That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings.
  • (n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office.
  • (n.) The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.
  • (n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc.
  • (n.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service.
  • (v. t.) To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.

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office vs. pastorship

amovability vs. office

office vs. proxyship

office vs. vicarship

hangmanship vs. office

office vs. unmagistrate

office vs. prefectship

justiceship vs. office

office vs. sheriffship

office vs. officialty

cocket vs. office

beadleship vs. office

advocateship vs. office

office vs. proconsulate

office vs. proctorship

office vs. tipstaff

mayorial vs. office

landgravine vs. office

office vs. simonist

hall vs. office

clinic vs. office

office vs. site

firm vs. office

cabin vs. office

lobby vs. office

commercial vs. office

office vs. practice

office vs. study

business vs. office

office vs. school

office vs. supervise

desk vs. office

agent vs. office

body vs. office

contract vs. office

office vs. political

department vs. office

inspectorate vs. office

eldership vs. office

office vs. viceroyship

charlady vs. office

chancellery vs. office

campaigner vs. office

disservice vs. office

office vs. stewardship

office vs. officeholder

ambassadorship vs. office

incoming vs. office

electioneering vs. office

episcopate vs. office

office vs. prelature

office vs. pluralist

beneficiary vs. office

office vs. presidency

countinghouse vs. office

office vs. reversioner

office vs. reversion

office vs. public

magistracy vs. office

deposition vs. office

incumbent vs. office

office vs. preferment

archbishopric vs. office

office vs. priesthood

civility vs. office

docket vs. office

insignia vs. office

obsequy vs. office

office vs. syndicate

induction vs. office

office vs. penitentiary

office vs. secretariat

ballot vs. office

office vs. papacy

office vs. vicarage

office vs. vestment

office vs. viceroyalty

office vs. shingle

office vs. successor

office vs. prelacy

office vs. prefecture

assign vs. office

nominate vs. office

dentistry vs. office

office vs. removal

office vs. regalia

office vs. tyranny

office vs. verge

office vs. vacate

office vs. stall

dismissal vs. office

office vs. simony

clerk vs. office

office vs. remove

office vs. satellite

office vs. stationery

deskwork vs. office

office vs. plight

content vs. office

installation vs. office

inauguration vs. office

aught vs. office

emolument vs. office

fill vs. office

bishopric vs. office

chamber vs. office

office vs. officiate

office vs. official

house vs. office

office vs. officer

ministry vs. office

liturgy vs. office

observance vs. office

office vs. responsibility

office vs. position

administrative vs. office

government vs. office

bureau vs. office

office vs. professional

clerical vs. office

building vs. office

appointment vs. office

admiralty vs. office

office vs. receipt

lounge vs. office

laureateship vs. office

depose vs. office

office vs. shop

function vs. office

dignity vs. office

accede vs. office

diurnal vs. office

ermine vs. office

invest vs. office