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.
--Bp. Stillingfleet.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: officiate)
Usage examples of "officiated".
The old g officiated at Tasaio's ritual suicide, and if you recall, quite portly.
Lately he had been reading up on obscure issues of law, imperial state functions, and precisely which ceremonies must be officiated by which priests of the Twenty Gods to make the crowning of an Emperor proper in the eyes of heaven.
The old gossip officiated at Tasaio's ritual suicide, and if you recall, he is quite portly.
She found it difficult to reconcile the priest who had officiated at the morning rites to the most feared god on Kelewan with a man who might buy gossip on the street.
Two days later the priest of a nearby church officiated at the wedding, which was attended by her parents and both their sponsors.
He officiated at their ceremonies as fast as they could get the clothes on, say their vows, and undress to hand over the wedding duds to the next couple.
When he left them in the town square where he had officiated, both couples were going at it with all the gusto they could manage.