Officiant

An officiant (from the Latin officium, " office, employment, service " ) is a public servant or public official, not necessarily in the public service. In the 18th century, called for example, lower police officers so, but also employees with authority in manufactories.

In the older legal language the term for a public official of lower rank is used, usually with an additive such as house, cabins, hunting, law firms, etc.

Today with the officiant, also Offiziator, most of the ( duty ) denotes celebrant priest of a church, that of the Catholic Church of the Divine Office ( Offizium ) above priest or deacon.

In Bavaria officiant is also an old-fashioned title for the school caretaker, similar to the beadle.

In Switzerland German elections, the term Urnenoffiziant used for tellers at ( Association ).

In the Bavarian librarianship even semiskilled employees of the simple service which are entrusted in the magazine with the digging of books or with supervisory and lending activities in the library are called officiants.