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Officiating   /əfˈɪʃiˌeɪtɪŋ/   Listen
Officiating

noun
1.
The act of umpiring.  Synonyms: officiation, refereeing, umpirage.


Officiate

verb
(past & past part. officiated; pres. part. officiating)
1.
Act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding.
2.
Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function.  Synonym: function.





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"Officiating" Quotes from Famous Books



... just now there is clearly but one course for me to pursue. Unless you wish to make an improper use of it, this paper which I very willingly hand to you will serve your purpose. It is an exact copy of the license, and to it I have appended my certificate, as the officiating clergyman who performed the marriage ceremony. Examine it carefully, and you will find the date, and indeed every syllable rigidly accurate. From the original I shall never part, unless to see it replaced in the court ...
— Infelice • Augusta Jane Evans Wilson
... say," concluded Mr. Ridley, "that it was what one would call a secret wedding—secret, at any rate, in so far as this: as it was by licence, and as the old church was a most lonely and isolated place, far away from anywhere, even then there'd be no one to know of it beyond the officiating clergyman and the witnesses, who could, of course, be asked to hold their tongues about the matter, as they probably were. But there's the copy of the ...
— Dead Men's Money • J. S. Fletcher
... that I wanted to clutch and cling to the warm, strong hand that I again found mine in at the time of parting. But I didn't; at least, I don't think I did. After it was taken away from me I went very slowly up to my room and again went to bed, Mammy caressingly officiating and rejoicing that I was going to "nap the ...
— The Heart's Kingdom • Maria Thompson Daviess
... invented the Stocking Frame he was officiating as curate of Calverton, near Nottingham; and it is alleged by some writers that the invention had its origin in disappointed affection. The curate is said to have fallen deeply in love with a young ...
— Self Help • Samuel Smiles
... had not only made marriage a religious act; it had also made it a public act. The officiating priest, who had now become the arbiter of marriage, was bound by all the injunctions and prohibitions of the Church, and he could not allow himself to bend to the inclinations and interests of individual ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis


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