preofficial

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ official

Adjective

preofficial (not comparable)

1. Prior to officialdom.
   • 2015, Linda Rui Feng, City of Marvel and Transformation, page 11:

     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 […]