Functionaries
Officials and functionaries are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Officials" instead a noun "Functionaries".
Officials
Functionaries and officials are semantically related. You can use "Functionaries" instead a noun "Officials".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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By the time of the story they are reduced to ruling the territory around their capital at Olympus Mons, where all the old court officials and functionaries continue, though largely without actual functions.
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Finally, the word "Mandarin" is a rendering of Guanhua, "the speech of officials", from a time when it was the language of government functionaries based around Beijing.
Source: I Have Many Names - Jafar being evil and controlling the Sultan himself might justify the lack of high-ranking officials, as he wouldn't want the competition for influence, but there aren't even any lower functionaries about.
Source: Skeleton Government
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