" offices "

[Noun]  | "of*fice" | \ ˈä-fəs \

1: a special duty, charge, or position conferred by an exercise of governmental authority and for a public purpose : a position of authority to exercise a public function and to receive whatever emoluments may belong to it

2: a position of responsibility or some degree of executive authority

3: a prescribed form or service of worship; specifically Office : divine office

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English, "position of authority, duties of a position, proper function, ecclesiastical service, space used for business or domestic functions," borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin officium "beneficial act in fulfillment of an obligation, duty, functions in a position, post" (Late Latin, "ecclesiastical service"), contraction of opificium (attested in sense "constructive work"), from opi- (base of opis, *ops "power, ability" and oper-, opus "work, effort") + facere "to make, do, bring about" + -ium, deverbal suffix of function or state {mat|opus|}, {mat|do:1|};

  * Note : Though officium is formally a contraction of opificium, their senses diverge, the latter noun maintaining a transparent relation to the agent noun opifex "craftsman, artificer.";

[Noun]  | "booking office" 

1: a ticket office; especially : one in a railroad station

Origin: 1814 ;

[Noun]  | "box office" 

1: an office (as in a theater) where tickets of admission are sold

2: income from ticket sales (as for a film)

3: the ability (as of a show) to attract ticket buyers; also : something that enhances that ability

Origin: 1741 ;

[Noun]  | "Divine Office" 

1: the office for the canonical hours of prayer that priests and religious say daily

Origin: 15th century ;

[Noun]  | "foreign office" 

1: a government office (such as a ministry) that deals with foreign affairs

Origin: 1784 ;

[Noun]  | "front office" 

1: the policymaking officials of an organization —usually hyphenated when used attributively

Origin: 1899 ;

[Noun]  | "Holy Office" 

1: —used formerly as the name of the Roman Catholic congregation of the curia charged with protecting faith and morals that is now called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Origin: 1658 ;

[Noun]  | "land office" 

1: a government office in which entries upon and sales of public land are registered

Origin: 1681 ;

[Noun]  | "Little Office" 

1: an office in honor of the Virgin Mary like but shorter than the Divine Office

Origin: circa 1872 ;

[Plural noun]  | "good offices" 

1: services as a mediator

Origin: 1681 ;

[Noun]  | "offices" 

[Noun]  | "office"