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public office - a position concerning the people as a whole

berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

bully pulpit - a public office of sufficiently high rank that it provides the holder with an opportunity to speak out and be listened to on any matter; "the American presidency is a bully pulpit"

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At the man's were a Member, an Engineer, a Payer-off of the National Debt, a Poem on Shakespeare, a Grievance, and a Public Office, who all seem to be utter strangers to Veneering.

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Like a flash I called up the public office of the Central Police, telling them to go at once to the Inspector's aid in his private office.

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But he had technically laid himself open to the malice of his enemies and was condemned to very heavy penalties, of which two were enforced, namely, perpetual incapacitation from holding public office, and banishment from Court.

A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context

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