Office
Definition of Office
Of`fice n. | 1. | That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices.I would I could do a good office between you. - Shak. | | 2. | A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office. | | 3. | A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new. | | 4. | That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; - answering to duty in intelligent beings. | | 5. | The place where any kind of business or service for others is transacted; a building, suite of rooms, or room in which public officers or workers in any organization transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office; the doctor's office; the Mayor's office. | | 6. | The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office. | | 7. | The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. | | 8. | (Eccl.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service. | v. t. | 1. | To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. |
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