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act in an official capacity — such as when enforcing rules at a sports event or presiding over a wedding ceremony- accused of betting on games at which he officiated
- Who officiated at your wedding?
- Pastor Peter Whitney officiated, taking his text from I Chronicles: "He died in good old age, full of days .... and honor."David McCullough -- John Adams
- When Jane thanked Harvey for officiating, he shook his head.Nicholas Sparks -- The Wedding
- One might suppose that Astaroth had just secretly designated you to be his officiate for Walpurgisnacht.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- We've probably conducted a dozen weddings at our house, with Alan officiating most of them.Phil Robertson -- Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
- Four weeks later, in a wedding ceremony officiated by Reverend Phillips at Cecy's parents' house, the hero finally got the girl.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- But I have known them before this to be named by a grateful mother for the doctor who officiated.William Faulkner -- Light in August
- Father Kleinsorge was in the hospital in Tokyo, so Father Cieslik officiated.John Hersey -- Hiroshima
- Mr. Weston directed the whole, officiating safely between Hartfield and the Vicarage, and every body was in good time.Jane Austen -- Emma
- The officiating noncommissioned officers ordered everybody out, down, made them form lines.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- Mr. Power again officiated.James Joyce -- Dubliners
- The voice of the officiant had just made itself heard.Elie Wiesel -- Night
- The clerk who had rescued Petya was talking to a functionary about the priests who were officiating that day with the bishop.Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
- High Mass was at eleven the next morning, the parish priest officiating and the Bishop in the Episcopal chair.Willa Cather -- Death Comes for the Archbishop
- The man had his back to him, but he had no difficulty recognizing the Jesuit priest who had helped officiate at the funeral mass of old Pedro Garcia.Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits
- Mrs. Penniman's real hope was that the girl would make a secret marriage, at which she should officiate as brideswoman or duenna.Henry James -- Washington Square
- I actually stiff-armed him all the way out of bounds, and the officiating crew called it a personal foul on him.Tim Tebow -- Through My Eyes
- Only this morning I officiated at early celebration——H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds
- There was nobody in the church besides the officiating persons and the small marriage party and their attendants.William Makepeace Thackeray -- Vanity Fair
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