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officiaries

noun

plural of officiary
as in officials

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  1. officials
  2. civil servants
  3. officeholders
Noun
  • That meeting occurred after Russian missiles and drones struck at least four Ukrainian regions overnight, strikes that officials said killed five people.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In 1953 Arizona state officials organized another raid on Short Creek in which more than 100 were arrested and over 200 children were taken into state custody (they were reunited with their families two years later).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of officials
Noun
  • The money was nominally to pay civil servants and prop up infrastructure in a territory sequestered by an Israeli blockade, but many observers agreed that Hamas diverted a significant sum to its military wing.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Unfortunately, many, specifically our dedicated federal civil servants, have been undermined, laid off, pushed out.
    — Brendan Griffith, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of civil servants
Noun
  • That year, three of Texas’s university systems appointed former Republican officeholders as their chancellors.
    — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Why must Illinoisans go to the polls in November, to elect federal and statewide officeholders, then vote again for their mayors and other city officeholders a mere three months later?
    — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of officeholders
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“Officiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officiaries. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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