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The act of umpiring
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officiating
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Officiate \Of*fi"ci*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Officiated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Officiating .] [LL. officiare. See Office .] To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public ceremony or service. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent" [syn: umpirage , officiation , refereeing ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of officiate English) Serving in an official capacity or serving as an official at a contest.
Usage examples of officiating.
If by ill fate that day should come, my successor officiating in the vatical fields along the Tiber will already have ceased to be merely the chief of a gang, or of a band of sectarians, and will have become in his turn one of the universal figures of authority.
She always occupied it alone because this gallery, being on the level of the first story, the preacher or the officiating priest could be seen, which was interdicted to the nuns.
Suppose a church whose choir is grasped in a gigantic hand, and folded in such a manner as to form, not, as in ordinary churches, a prolongation behind the altar, but a sort of hall, or obscure cellar, to the right of the officiating priest.
Weller's habit of printing, was a work of so much labour and time, that the officiating clerk peeled and ate three Ribstone pippins while it was performing.
Augustus, officiating as priest, in compliment to Livia, would see to that.
But to stand there on Vulcan’s Forge and to marry Saavik right there with T’Lar officiating and all of his crewmates from Deep Space 9 present was one of the moments he would treasure until the day he died….
But to stand there in Quark’s bar and to marry Jadzia right there with Sirella officiating and Sarek, McCoy, and Uhura present was one of the moments he would treasure until the day he died….