preofficial

adj

preofficial

adj

Etymology From pre- + official.

1

Prior to officialdom.

It breaks us from the habit of seeing preofficial life as a simple preparatory imitation of the career to come, and from thinking of literati men as if they had always been incumbent officials […]2015, Linda Rui Feng, City of Marvel and Transformation, page 11:

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