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officialdoms

officialdoms is the plural of officialdom.

Meaning of officialdom

Noun

officialdom (countable and uncountable, plural officialdoms)

  1. 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.1960 October 6, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 153
  2. (rare) The state of being official
    • This was largely due to its widespread use in the army and officialdom in the Ottoman Empire.2013, Christian Ortner, Hermann Hinterstoisser; [], The Austro-Hungarian Army in the First World War. Uniforms & Equipment - from 1914 to 1918

Questions about officialdoms

What is officialdoms the plural of?
Officialdoms is the plural of officialdom.

Words near officialdoms in the dictionary

  1. official scorer
  2. official scorers
  3. officialate
  4. officialates
  5. officialdom
  6. officialdoms
  7. officiales
  8. officialese
  9. officialeses
  10. officialhood
  11. officialis

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