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OfficeSee Microsoft Office. office 1. (in Britain) a department of the national government 2. in the US a. a governmental agency, esp of the Federal government b. a subdivision of such an agency or of a department 3. a place where tickets, information, etc., can be obtained 4. Christianity a. a ceremony or service, prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, esp one for the dead b. the order or form of these c. RC Church the official daily service d. short for divine office
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The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under Government. The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice-President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. He put on his tail-coat and the tall hat which he had worn at school; but it was very shabby, and he made up his mind to stop at the Stores on his way to the office and buy a new one. |
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