office bearer

One who holds or discharges a particular office or duty. office-book, s. A book containing the more important offices of the Church. IMG:content-0251.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0252.png:[blocks in formation] " Official is that person to whom the cognizance of causes is committed by such as have ecclesiastical jurisdiction." -Ayliffe : Parergon. of-fi-cial-Ism (ci as sh), subst. [Eng.official; -ism.] The management of public matters by officials; red-tapeism. "[It] would lead to the establishment of State official. ism , which, with some experience of Government offices, he should deprecate." -London Daily Telegraph.