Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - official

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or relating to an office (see OFFICE n. 5, 6) or its tenure or duties. 2 characteristic of officials and bureaucracy. 3 emanating from or attributable to a person in office; properly authorized. 4 holding office; employed in a public capacity. 5 Med. according to the pharmacopoeia, officinal. --n. 1 a person holding office or engaged in official duties. 2 (in full official principal) the presiding officer or judge of an archbishop's, bishop's, or esp. archdeacon's court. Phrases and idioms official birthday Brit. a day in June chosen for the observance of the sovereign's birthday. official secrets confidential information involving national security. Derivatives officialdom n. officialism n. officially adv. Etymology: ME (as noun) f. OF f. L officialis (as OFFICE)