What is the meaning of Office?

A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:

  1. The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church.
  2. Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin.
  3. A daily service without the eucharist.
  4. The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons.

    The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church.

    Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin.

    A daily service without the eucharist.

    The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons.

    Various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service.

    Last rites.

    Mass, the introit sung at its beginning.

    A position of responsibility.

    Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.

    A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; moral duty.

    Function: anything typically done by or expected of something.

    A service, a kindness.

    Inside information.

    A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:

    A room, set of rooms, or building used for administration and bookkeeping.

    A room, set of rooms, or building used for selling services or tickets to the public.

    A room, set of rooms, or building used for consultation and diagnosis, but not surgery or other major procedures.

    The staff of such places.

    The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly:

    A ministry or other department of government.

    Short for Holy Office: the court of final appeal in cases of heresy.

    A particular place of business of a larger white-collar business.

    The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen, scullery, laundry, stables, etc., particularly a house or estate's facilities for urination and defecation: outhouses or lavatories.

    Clipping of inquest of office:

    A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.

    A hangout: a place where one is normally found.

    A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.

    A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.

    An official or group of officials; a personification of officeholders.

    A bodily function, urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.

    The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.

    To provide (someone) with an office.

    To have an office.

    charge, task, mandate

    administrative bureau, department

    religious service, notably liturgical office. 1886, Cora Pearl, Mémoires, ch 3. "Ce qu'il en coute d'aller seule à l'office." "What it costs to go alone to church."

    pantry, room adjoining a kitchen where dishes, table linens, and provisions are kept

    place where a household's table (food and drink)-related services are conducted, especially by domestic staff

    second-person singular present active imperative of officiō

    ablative singular of offex

    The state of being employed or having a work or job; employment:

    1. Ecclesiastical or religious work; a church career.
    2. Unskilled work; any work that is unimportant or base.

    Ecclesiastical or religious work; a church career.

    Unskilled work; any work that is unimportant or base.

    A position of responsibility or control; a crucial occupation:

    1. A clerical or church post or position; a religious office.
    2. A governmental or administrative position or post; a political office.
    3. The situation, status, or rank one has in the wider world or within society.

    A clerical or church post or position; a religious office.

    A governmental or administrative position or post; a political office.

    The situation, status, or rank one has in the wider world or within society.

    A task, chore or assignment, especially one which is important or required; an obligation:

    1. The role, purpose, or intended use or utility of something (especially a bodily part).
    2. A task or function that one organ does to assist another or the body as a whole.
    3. A religious ceremony or ritual; a task performed for religious reasons.
    4. The beginning or the initial portion of the Eucharist.
    5. A core human faculty (e.g. movement, talking, literacy)

    The role, purpose, or intended use or utility of something (especially a bodily part).

    A task or function that one organ does to assist another or the body as a whole.

    A religious ceremony or ritual; a task performed for religious reasons.

    The beginning or the initial portion of the Eucharist.

    A core human faculty (e.g. movement, talking, literacy)

    A part, faculty, or division of a larger body:

    1. A part of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage.
    2. A part or subdivision of an estate devoted to a specified function.
    3. A part or subdivision of a government devoted to a specified function.

    A part of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage.

    A part or subdivision of an estate devoted to a specified function.

    A part or subdivision of a government devoted to a specified function.

    An inquest undertaken to investigate the possession of land or property.

    The intended or ideal working or operation of something.

    An officeholder invested with powers and authority.

    A building or structure used for business purposes; an office.

    The process or undertaking of a task or assignment.

    The activities typical of and concomitant to one's place in society.

    A favour; a beneficial deed or act.

    alternative form of officen

    office (building; room)

    office (position, role, job)

    service

    office

    Source: wiktionary.org