Definition of Commissaries

1. Noun. (plural of commissary) ¹

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Definition of Commissaries

1. commissary [n] - See also: commissary

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commissaries

commiserated
commiserates
commiserating
commiseratingly
commiseration
commiserations
commiserative
commiserator
commiserators
commish
commissaire
commissar
commissarial
commissariat
commissariats
commissaries
commissars
commissary
commissaryship
commissaryships
commission
commission de bene esse
commission on professional and hospital activities
commission plan
commissionaire
commissionaires
commissioned
commissioned military officer
commissioned naval officer
commissioned officer

Literary usage of Commissaries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of the Law of Scotland: In the Order of Sir G. Mackenzie's by John Erskine, George Mackenzie (1827)
"An Act for the Regulation of the Commissaries of Edinburgh, ' and for altering and regulating the Jurisdiction of Inferior ' Commissaries in Scotland.' § 1. ..."

2. Army Regulations by Confederate States of America War Dept, United States War Dept (1902)
"Upon direct calls of chief commissaries they transfer to commissaries of posts and stations such funds from the appropriation " Subsistence of the Army ..."

3. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"Commissaries are agents sent with a letter of recommendation or commission by ... Such commissaries are, for instance, sent and received for the purpose of ..."

4. Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the Third by Alfred John Horwood, Luke Owen Pike (1908)
"The commissaries were then asked by the Court whether they had ; anything else to ... Judgment was therefore given that the commissaries should be taken, ..."

5. A History of the Commonwealth of Florence: From the Earliest Independence of by Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1865)
"... Rinaldo degli Albizzi—The territory of Lucca overrun—Accusations made against the Florentine commissaries at the camp—Astorre Gianni—atrocities of which ..."

6. Cases Decided in the House of Lords, on Appeal from the Courts of Scotland by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, William Reginald Courtenay Devon, Charles Hope Maclean, Patrick Shaw, James Wilson (1830)
"According to these cases the judgment of the Commissaries is, that the alleged prior marriage was not proved, and they dismiss the pursuer's declarator. of ..."

7. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly, Council of Safety (Conn.). (1876)
"John Hubbard, to be Commissaries, to provide transports, ... Commissaries appointed by this Assembly, do forthwith proceed to purchase four months ..."

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