Main entry: official
Definition: someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
Usage: the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling
Main entry: official, functionary
Definition: a worker who holds or is invested with an office
Main entry: official
Definition: having official authority or sanction
Usage: official permission; an official representative
Main entry: official
Definition: verified officially
Usage: the election returns are now official
Main entry: official
Definition: (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
Main entry: prescribed, official
Definition: conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
Usage: in prescribed order
Main entry: official
Definition: of or relating to an office
Usage: official privileges