This is a personal honour and is not conferred on the holder of an office as such.

In large corporations it is the incumbent who is the holder of an office, or one that occupies a particular position.

In such cases, the holder of an office named his own son as his successor, or the temple clergy conferred to decide who should fill an empty post.

Also, there a law may be passed which requires that the holder of an office of any religious institution shall also be a person professing that particular religion.

The Alexandrians hadn't wanted her on the throne, but the high priest of Ptah was the present holder of an office over three thousand years old, and he understood what to do.

John Cookson suggests that serving with the army did command a certain respect, and those men that became the holder of an office "could lay claim to the title of [being a] gentleman".

He is a retired agronomist appointed by Pisa's Archbishop as the 97th holder of an office founded in 1089, before the tower was built, essentially to oversee construction of the adjacent cathedral and baptistry.

The prosecutor was not the Justice Department but an independent counsel, the holder of an office created by Congress after the Watergate scandals to assure against the conflict of interest that is inherent when the executive branch, in effect, investigates and prosecutes itself.

No holder of an office under the direct control of the President, the Secretary of the House of Representatives or of the Senate, the Ombudsman, or the Auditor-General, may be appointed, removed, or disciplined, without the approval of the person to whom the office holder is responsible.

In Singapore, the Interpretation Act states that "[w]here a written law confers a power or imposes a duty on the holder of an office as such, then, unless the contrary intention appears, the power may be exercised and the duty shall be performed ... by a person duly appointed to act for him".