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See Crown office.

The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall.

One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an enterainment.

The office or employment of a curate.

The office of a curator.

Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure. The appropriator was the incumbent parson, and had the cure of the souls of the parishioners. Spelman.…

An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs.

Office or duty of a custodian.

ven now I met him With customary compliment. Shak. A formal customary attendance upon the offices. South.

The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. [College Cant]

An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.

The chief police officer of a large city. [East Indies]

Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor).

An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria.

In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.

An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and e…

The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.

The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.

letter. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. -- Dead-letter office, a department of the general post…

A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. Dean of cathedral church, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. -- Dea…