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| 1. n. (religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly: | |
| 2. n. (Christianity) The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church. | |
| 3. n. (particularly) Mass, label, en, particularly the introit sung at its beginning. | |
| 4. n. (Christianity) Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin. | |
| 5. n. (Christianity) A daily service without the eucharist. | |
| 6. n. (Catholicism) The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons. | |
| In the Latin rite, all bishops, priests, and transitional deacons are obliged to recite the Divine Office daily. | |
| 7. n. (Protestant) Various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service. | |
| 8. n. (Christianity) Last rites. | |
| 9. n. A position of responsibility. | |
| When the office of Secretary of State is vacant, its duties fall upon an official within the department. | |
| 10. n. Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position. | |
| She held office as secretary of state until she left office to run for office. | |
| 11. n. (figuratively) An official or group of officials; label, en, figuratively a personification of officeholders. | |
| 12. n. A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role;(obsolete) moral duty. | |
| 13. n. (obsolete) The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty. | |
| 14. n. (archaic) Function: anything typically done by or expected of something. | |
| 15. n. (particularly) A bodily function, label, en, particularly urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation. | |
| 16. n. (now usually in plural) A service, a kindness. | |
| The secretary prevailed at the negotiations through the good offices of the Freedonian ambassador. | |
| 17. n. (figuratively) Inside information. | |
| 18. n. A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly: | |
| The office of the Secretary of State is cleaned when it is vacant. | |
| 19. n. A room, set of rooms, or building used for administration and bookkeeping. | |
| 20. n. A room, set of rooms, or building used for selling services or tickets to the public. | |
| 21. n. (chiefly) A room, set of rooms, or building used for consultation and diagnosis, but not surgery or other major procedures. | |
| 22. n. (figuratively) The staff of such places. | |
| The whole office was there... well, except you, of course. | |
| 23. n. (figuratively) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly: | |
| He's from our public relations office. | |
| 24. n. (UK) A ministry or other department of government. | |
| The secretary of state's British colleague heads the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. | |
| 25. n. (Catholicism) Short for Holy Office: the court of final appeal in cases of heresy. | |
| 26. n. A particular place of business of a larger white-collar business. | |
| He worked as the receptionist at the Akron office. | |
| 27. n. (now in the dated) The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen, scullery, laundry, stables, etc., particularly(euphemism) a house or estate's facilities for urina | |
| 28. n. (UK) clipping of, inquest of office, : an inquest undertaken on occasions when the Crown claimed the right of possession to land or property. | |
| 29. n. (obsolete) A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper. | |
| 30. n. (figuratively) A hangout: a place where one is normally found. | |
| 31. n. (UK) A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit. | |
| 32. n. (computing) A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs. | |
| 33. v. To provide (someone) with an office. | |
| 34. v. (intransitive) To have an office. | |
