Definition of "officiary" [of•fi•ci•a•ry]

• A body of officials or officers. (noun)
• An official or officer. (noun)
• Attached to or resulting from an office held. Used of a title. (adjective)
• Having a title resulting from the holding of an office. Used of a dignitary. (adjective)

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• "(By the time Curg got so that he shaved, he knew that "officiary" was the right way to say it, just as "certificate" is the right way to say "stiffcut.")"
• "I'm not some nebulous collective of my party of players, and if the bartender would rather not deal with the religious officiary, that's great."
• "But, apart from all loyalty to right principle, on the part of the officiary of the Company, it is to me simply inconceivable that shrewd business men as these officials are known to be would be guilty of an act which from a purely business point of view would be a stupidly suicidal one."