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commissionaries

commissionaries is the plural of commissionary.

Meaning of commissionary

Noun

commissionary (plural commissionaries)

  1. a commission, an administrative board
    • After the death of king Philip; Charles Counte de Valois, his brother, begun criminally to purſue M. Enguerrant before certaine commiſſionaries of the ſaid court, delegated for that purpoſe.1602, “The First Part, Entreating what Counsell a Prince should use”, in Simon Patericke, transl., A Discourse upon the Meanes of VVel Governing and Maintainig in Good Peace, a Kingdome, or Other...

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Questions about commissionaries

What is commissionaries the plural of?
Commissionaries is the plural of commissionary.

Words near commissionaries in the dictionary

  1. commissionaire
  2. commissionaires
  3. commissionairess
  4. commissionairesses
  5. commissional
  6. commissionaries
  7. commissionary
  8. commissionate
  9. commissionated
  10. commissionates
  11. commissionating

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