Definitions for officiate
əˈfɪʃ iˌeɪtof·fi·ci·ate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. officiateverb

   act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding

   "Who officiated at your wedding?"

2. officiate, functionverb

   perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function

   "His wife officiated as his private secretary"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. officiateverb

   To perform the functions of some office.

2. officiateverb

   To serve as umpire or referee.

3. Etymology: Circa 17th Century, from officiatus, perfect passive participle of officio, from officium.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Officiateverb

   To give, in consequence of office.

   Etymology: from office.

   All her number’d stars that seem to rowl
   Spaces incomprehensible, for such
   Their distance argues, and their swift return
   Diurnal, merely to officiate light
   Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot. John Milton.

2. To Officiateverb

   1. To discharge an office, commonly in worship.

   No minister officiating in the church, can with a good conscience omit any part of that which is commanded by the aforesaid law. Robert Sanderson.

   Who of the bishops or priests that officiates at the altar, in the places of their sepulchres, ever said we offer to thee Peter or Paul? Edward Stillingfleet.

   To prove curates no servants, is to rescue them from that contempt which they will certainly fall into under this notion; which considering the number of persons officiating this way, must be very prejudicial to religion. Collier.

   2. To perform an office for another.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. officiate

   To officiate means to perform the duties or functions of an office or position of authority, often in a formal or ceremonial context. This can include conducting a ceremony, managing an event, or referecing in sports.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. officiate

   To act in an official capacity.

   The mayor did officiate at the local event when she was asked.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 12, 2020  

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1. • Perform
   • Serve

How to pronounce officiate?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of officiate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of officiate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of officiate in a Sentence

1. Ronnie Floyd:

   I declare to everyone today as a minister of the Gospel – I will not officiate over any same-sex unions or same-sex marriage ceremonies, i completely refuse.

2. Rich McKay:

   I know in my opinion what subjective looks like, and if you get to subjective things in that booth, what is the standard ? Do we re-officiate the play ?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=officiate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Officiate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=officiate
4. ^ ChatGPT
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