noun discharging an office or function.
2. official ·adj one who holds an office; ·esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
3. official ·noun of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
4. official ·adj an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, ·etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
5. official ·noun approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. ·cf. officinal.
6. official ·noun derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.