official

Adjective

• (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution

• conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
  • in prescribed order
    

• verified officially
  • the election returns are now official
    

• of or relating to an office
  • official privileges
    

• having official authority or sanction
  • official permission
    
  • an official representative
    

Noun

• someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
  • the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling
    

• a worker who holds or is invested with an office

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  prescribed , functionary