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preofficial

adj

Etymology

From pre- + official.

  1. derived from officium
  2. derived from officiālis
  3. derived from official
  4. inherited from official
  5. prefixed as preofficial — “pre + official”

Definitions

  1. Prior to officialdom.

    • It breaks us from the habit of seeing preofficial life as a simple preparatory imitation of the career to come, and from thinking of literati men as if they had always been incumbent officials […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA