officiality

English

Etymology

From official +‎ -ity; or French officialité, from Latin officialitas.

Noun

officiality (countable and uncountable, plural officialities)

1. The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official.
2. The ecclesiastical charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official principal.
3. The state or fact of being official.
4. Officials collectively.

Further reading

• “officiality”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “officiality”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.