ex officio
/ˌɛks əˈfɪʃioʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
By virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held.
adj
By virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held.
Example Sentences
- "The President of the Republic of France is, ex officio, also prince of the dyarchy called Andorra."
- "That friend, […] added, with a smile, that he had more than once amused himself with the thought of a verbarian Attorney-General, authorized to bring informations ex officio against the writer or editor of any work in extensive circulation, who, after due notice issued, should persevere in misusing a word."
- "In the South every negro preacher is ex officio a D.D., and is commonly addressed as Doctor. This enables white Southerners to show a decent respect for his sacred office, and yet avoid the solecism of calling him Mister."
- "Duties include […] sitting as ex-officio member of the Board of Directors and all Board committees."
- "Meanwhile, to Samsonov’s annoyance, Colonel Knox had arrived in Ostrolenka. Why, nobody knew—probably just to convey the goodwill of the British, who would not themselves be landing on the Continent for another six months. Samsonov disliked those artificial, ex officio European smiles at the best of times, and this visitor would be a hindrance and a distraction just at present."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ex officio