offerte, n.f., or offertoire, n.m., (c.rel.) offertory.
office, n.m., office; duty; employment, functions; service, turn; worship. D’—; officially, ex-officio. Avocat nommé d’—; counsel appointed by the judge. Faire quelque chose d’—; to do a thing of one’s own accord. C’est un — d’ami que vous lui avez rendu; it is a friendly turn you have done him. Rendre un mauvais — à quelqu’un; to do any one an ill-turn. L’— divin; divine service, church-time. Livre d’—; prayer-book. Exercer un —; to hold an office. Le saint-—; the holy-office, the Inquisition.
office, n.f., servants’ hall, pantry, larder, steward’s room. pl., dependencies of the kitchen.
official, n.m., (ecc.) official.
officialité, n.f., officiality.
officiant, n. and adj. m., officiating priest, officiating clergyman; officiating.
officiante, n.f., officiating nun.
officiel, -le, adj., official.
officiellement (-èl-mān), adv., officially.
officier, v.n., to officiate; to play one’s part; to do one’s duty at table, to eat heartily.