- 1. n. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. Source: opted
- 2. n. An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Source: opted
- 3. n. An officer having charge of a special service; as, the commissary of musters. Source: opted
- 4. n. An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence. Source: opted
- 5. n. a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel) Source: wordnet
- 6. n. a snack bar in a film studio Source: wordnet
- 7. 1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. Donne. 2. (Eccl.) An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe. 3. (Mil.) (a) An officer having charge of a special sevice; as, the commissary of musters. (b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.] Washington wrote to the President of Congress . . . urging the appointment of a commissary general, a quartermaster general, a commissary of musters, and a commissary of artillery. W. Irving Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special department of army service; as: (a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and transport department, or of the ordinace store department. [Eng.] (b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.] -- Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase and issue of provisions for the army. Source: webster
- 8. An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiasticaljurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residenceof the bishop. Ayliffe. Source: adambom
- 9. j:87/n:13 n. a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel) n. a snack bar in a film studio Source: ecdict
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