[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

officialdom \officialdom\ n.
   the body of all people elected or appointed to administer a
   government, taken collectively.

   syn: government officials.
        wordnet 1.5

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

officialdom
     n : people elected or appointed to administer a government syn:
          government officials
see also:
government officials 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

22 moby thesaurus words for "officialdom":
   bureaucracy, directorate, hierarchy, higher echelons, higher-ups,
   management, ministry, prelacy, ruling class, ruling classes,
   the establishment, the administration, the authorities,
   the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite,
   the power structure, the top, them, they, top brass

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