office

UK /ˈɒf.ɪs/ · AU, UK, NZ /ˈɔf.ɪs/

Etymology From Middle English office, from Old French office, from Latin officium (“personal, official, or moral duty; official position; function; ceremony, esp. last rites”), contracted from opificium (“construction: the act of building or the thing built”), from opifex (“doer of work, craftsman”) + -ium (“-y”, forming actions), from op- (“work”) + -i- (connective) + -fex (combining form of faciō (“to do, to make”)). The computing sense is a genericization of various proprietary program suites, such as Microsoft Office.

Synonyms

service, divine service, religious service, liturgy, Divine Office, breviary, Liturgy of the Hours, liturgy of the hours, canonical hours, workplace, workstead, practice, doctor's office, department, ministry, bureau, bathroom, office

Derived terms

199 terms

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Related terms

officeholder, officer, official, officiate, dignity, position, rank, station, status, tenure

Hypernyms

entity

Hyponyms

250 terms

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