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officialdom

  • /əˈfɪ.ʃəl.dəm/

Rhymes with -ɪʃəldəm

noun officialdoms

  1. countable, uncountable The people elected to government or employed in the civil service. [Magazine staffer:] In the bag may be the next chief—a wedding to one of officialdom's family will assure certainty.
  2. countable, rare, uncountable The state of being official This was largely due to its widespread use in the army and officialdom in the Ottoman Empire.

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noun The people elected to government or employed in the civil service

한국어벼슬 byeoseul, 관직 gwanjik
Françaisfonctionnariat
Русскийчиновничество činovničestvo

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@misc{officialdom_2026,
  title = {officialdom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/officialdom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}