officeholding

Etymology

From office + holding.

officeholding means Holding a formal office. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 70 out of 100.

adj

Holding a formal office.

noun

The holding of an office (formal role).“The boom in holding two offices at once was set off in 1962 by the State Supreme Court, which, in two separate rulings, upheld three instances of dual officeholding at the municipal and county levels.”