There are other ecclesiastical positions without formal authority, but which may include an informal advisory role.

Throughout his lifetime here (1863-1925), Bare is credited with playing many other informal roles to help organize and improve the community life of the town.

She is not known to have taken any political role, formal or informal, during or after the reign of her spouse.

The courts became connected to an informal role in the county's social and economic life.

He was expected to play an informal role from Chicago in Obama's 2012 campaign.

Most of the inter-parliamentary institutions do not hold legislative power and have a consulting or informal cooperation-stimulating role.

Some officials said that even if he was not a professional Saudi intelligence officer, he may have had some informal role.

With the start of the trial, Goering assumed at once the informal role as leader and spokesman for the whole cohort of prisoners.

This is an inherited office, unlike the more informal political role of the Jalaba.

They are the sponsors of immigrants to America, and their role, once informal, has grown ever more important in recent years.