Vocabulary : Offering to Officered

Offering : of Offer ;; The act of an offerer; a proffering. ;; That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering. ;; A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings.
Offertories : of Offertory
Offertory : The act of offering, or the thing offered. ;; An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass. ;; That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration. ;; The oblation of the elements. ;; The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings. ;; The offerings themselves.
Offerture : Offer; proposal; overture.
Offhand : Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses. ;; In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand.

Office : That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices. ;; A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office. ;; A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new. ;; That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings. ;; The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office. ;; The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business
Office wire : Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
Officeholder : An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
Officer : One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. ;; Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. ;; To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. ;; To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.
Officered : of Officer