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Noun: officialdom  u'fi-shul-dum
  1. People elected or appointed to administer a government
    "Officialdom was slow to respond to the crisis";
    - government officials

Derived forms: officialdoms

Type of: admin [informal], administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation [Brit], organization

Part of: authorities, government, regime

Encyclopedia: Officialdom