Office

  • 51Office —    The term office, in ecclesiastical usage, means a formulary of devotions; a form of service appointed for a particular occasion; a prescribed form or act of worship; thus the Daily Morning and Evening Prayer are called the Daily Offices. The… …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 52office — noun 1) her office on Union Street Syn: place of work, place of business, workplace; headquarters, base; workroom, studio, workspace, cubicle 2) the newspaper s Paris office Syn: branch, division …

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  • 53office — noun 1) we met at her office Syn: place of work, place of business, workplace, workroom 2) the company s Paris office Syn: branch, division, section, bureau, department 3) …

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  • 54OFFICE — s. f. Lieu dans une maison, où l on fait, où l on prépare tout ce qui se met sur la table pour le dessert, et dans lequel on garde le linge et la vaisselle. Manger, boire à l office. Une office placée bien commodément. OFFICES, au pluriel,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 55Office — (Voz francesa.) ► sustantivo masculino Habitación contigua a la cocina destinada a los servicios auxiliares. * * * office (fr.; pronunc. [ófis] u [ofís]) m. Cuarto situado junto a la cocina que se utiliza generalmente para comer en él. ⇒… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 56office — of·fi·ce s.m.inv. CO stanza di servizio e disimpegno fra la cucina e la stanza da pranzo di ristoranti, comunità o abitazioni private {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1933. ETIMO: dal fr. office propr. ufficio , cfr. ingl. office ufficio …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 57office — [13] Office comes from a Latin source that originally meant ‘do work’. This was officium, a reduced form of an earlier *opificium, which was compounded from opus ‘work’ (source of English opera, operate, etc) and ficium, a derivative of facere… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 58office — noun 1》 a room, set of rooms, or building used as a place of business for clerical, administrative, or similar work. 2》 a position of authority or service.     ↘tenure of an official position. 3》 (usu. offices) a service done for others. 4》 (also …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 59office — [13] Office comes from a Latin source that originally meant ‘do work’. This was officium, a reduced form of an earlier *opificium, which was compounded from opus ‘work’ (source of English opera, operate, etc) and ficium, a derivative of facere… …

    Word origins

  • 60office — noun /ˈɒfɪs,ˈɑfɪs,ˈɔfɪs/ a) A building or room where clerical or professional duties are performed. ...there I readily engaged in the office of pointing out to my friend the certain evils of such a choice. b) A bureau, an administrative unit of …

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