noun
definition
The people elected to government or employed in the civil service.
Examples of officialdom in a Sentence
In doing so, he exposed the ignorance that saturates elected officialdom.
He gained no such respect from officialdom back home.
In the same year William Lyon Mackenzie led a similar armed revolt in Upper Canada against the domination of the ruling officialdom called, with little reason, the " Family Compact."
After Charles the Balds death royalty had only, so to speak, a shelladministrative officialdom.
Each time the phone rang, Cynthia flinched, fearing some state minion was calling to drag Martha back to his lair in the dungeons of officialdom.
Dean's spoon-fed explanation to the two, served between naps and medical visits, satisfied officialdom enough to free Dean from any hint of culpability.
But a strong presence from local officialdom is not enough.
In general, however, British officialdom prefer to avoid what they call ' direct lies ' wherever possible.
This is not about a ' heavyweight ' internationally-known publication fighting off high officialdom.
Courtroom access and other cooperation from soviet officialdom would be essential for any foreign journalist wanting to satisfy the news desk back home.
Trade union officialdom increasingly began to see that they could not rely on Liberal politicians and that they needed their own representatives in Westminster.
It imposed the English law and administration on Wales made English the language of officialdom, and provided for Welsh representation in parliament.
The only representative of officialdom remaining on premises, in even a semi-official capacity, was Sheriff Jake Weller.
It was not in the mood of Japanes officialdom at that time to brook such assaults.
He had to contend against corrupt officialdom, indiscriminate expenditure, and absence of organization in the collection of revenue, apart from the confusion with regard to the currency.
Graham was credited with a number of unorthodox solo climbs, church steeples, office corridors etc., not always appreciated by officialdom.