office definition

1. place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
• examples: he rented an office in the new building
2. (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
• examples: being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage
• examples: during his first year in office
• examples: during his first year in power
• examples: the power of the president
3. professional or clerical workers in an office
• examples: the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard
4. a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
• examples: the offices of the mass