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Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the President's message. Message shell. See Shell.

y, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs.

well Minster, etc.), and is also improperly used for any large church. Minster house, the official house in which the canons of a cathedral live in common or in rotation. Shipley.

An authorized coiner of money. Sir M. Hale. The Company of Moneyers, the officials who formerly coined the money of Great Britain, and who claimed certain prescriptive rights and privileges.

An official expounder of Mohammedan law.

as, "God save the King" is called the national anthem of England. -- National bank, the official common name of a class of banking corporations established under the laws of the United States. -- National flag. See under Flag. -- National guard, a body of militia, or a local military organization, as in Paris durin…

Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.

r who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. H…

cord on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

ct of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.

The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.

Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion. Sir J. Davies.

Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official. [R.] Heylin.

To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or function. [Obs.] Merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth. Milton.

rmal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted. To be of opinion, to think; to judge. -- To hold opinion with, to agree with. [Obs.] Shak.

the awful roar of his [Rufus Choate's] rifled ordnance. E. Ererett. Ordnance survey, the official survey of Great Britain and Ireland, conducted by the ordnance department.

A Turkish official; one of the dominant tribe of Turks; loosely, any Turk.

The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.

Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap. [Colloq. & Contemptuous]

An official warrant of remission of penalty. Sign me a present pardon for my brother. Shak.