magistrate vs official

magistrate

noun
  • A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome. 

  • A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions. 

  • A master's degree. 

  • A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both. 

official

noun
  • An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization. 

adj
  • Discharging an office or function. 

  • Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant. 

  • True, real, beyond doubt. 

  • Approved by authority; authorized. 

  • Of or pertaining to an office or public trust. 

  • Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority 

  • Dubious but recognized by authorities as truth and/or canon. 

  • Listed in a national pharmacopeia. 

  • Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. 

  • Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal. 

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