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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

officeholding en · ADJ

Etymology

From office + holding.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Holding a formal office.

Antonyms

nonofficeholding

officeholding en · NOUN

Etymology

From office + holding.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The holding of an office (formal role).
    • The boom in holding two offices at once was set off in 1962 by the State Supreme Court, which, in two separate rulings, upheld three instances of dual officeholding at the municipal and county levels. 2007 May 27, Ronald Smothers, “New Jersey Moves to End Its Dual-Office Tradition”, in New York Times: