0 to be in charge of or to lead a ceremony or other public event: --
1 to be in charge of a sports event and make decisions about the rules of play, or to lead a ceremony or other public event: --
As regards the question about supervision, the immediate supervision of the officiating clergy rests with the superintendents of the hospitals concerned.
The driver who'd been drinking was officiating priest.
He can apparently officiate anywhere else, in any church or building which has no bell or steeple.
I sometimes think that young celibate parsons, who talk about the difficulties of marriage and who officiate at marriage ceremonies, know very little about marriage.
Again, as regards the officiating clergy, the rate of pay, in my opinion, is quite amazing.
I had the misfortune to officiate at the opening ceremony of a sewage outfall in my constituency last year.
Civilian officiating chaplains are normally paid at capitation rates.
He remained in the tabernacle, however, to officiate in other capacities on later occasions.
