preofficial

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ official

Adjective[edit]

preofficial (not comparable)

  1. Prior to officialdom.
    • 2015, Linda Rui Feng, City of Marvel and Transformation, page 11:
      It breaks us from the habit of seeing preofficial life as a simple preparatory imitation of the career to come, and from thinking of literati men as if they had always been incumbent officials […]
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