commissarial
Variant of commissary
commissary
Definition
com·mis·sary (käm′ə ser′ē)
noun pl. commissaries -·sar′·ies
- a person to whom some duty is given by authority; deputy; specif.,
- in France, a police official
- a person representing a bishop in a part of his diocese
- Obsolete an army officer in charge of providing soldiers with food and other supplies
- food supplies
- ☆ a store, as in a lumber camp or army camp, where food and supplies can be obtained
- ☆ a restaurant in a film or television studio
Etymology: ME commissarie < ML commissarius < L commissus, pp. of committere: see commit
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