See also Ordain, Ordination; Priesthood

Position of authority or responsibility in an organization, often used in the scriptures to mean a position of priesthood authority; may also mean the duties assigned to the position or the person who holds the position.

All members have not the same office, Rom. 12: 4. We did magnify our office unto the Lord, Jacob 1: 19. Melchizedek received the office of the high priesthood, Alma 13: 18. The office of the angels’ ministry is to call men unto repentance, Moro. 7: 31. No person is to be ordained to any office in this Church without the vote of that Church, D&C 20: 65. Let every man stand in his own office, D&C 84: 109. There are presidents, or presiding officers, appointed from among those ordained to the offices in these two priesthoods, D&C 107: 21. The duties of those who preside over the offices of the priesthood quorums are described, D&C 107: 85-98. Let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office in which he is appointed, D&C 107: 99-100. I give unto you the officers belonging to my priesthood, D&C 124: 123.