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commissionary

commissionary adjective: of, relating to, conferring, or conferred by a commission.

Adjective

commissionary (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, conferring, or conferred by a commission.
    • Delegate or commissionary authority.1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Diverse Practical Cases of Conscience
    Synonyms:
    commissional

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...
    • Besides these re-organisations at the districts level, the Tirhut district of the last century has been virtually divided into three commissionaries of North Bihar within one hundred year viz. the Tirhut Commissionary, comprising the districts of Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Vaisali, Sonepur, etc.1982, Makhan Jha, Civilizational Regions of Mithila & Mahakoshal, Capital Publishing House, page 168

Synonyms of commissionary

Forms of commissionary

pluralcommissionaries

Origin of commissionary

From commission + -ary.

Questions about commissionary

What does commissionary mean?
Commissionary means of, relating to, conferring, or conferred by a commission.
What part of speech is commissionary?
Commissionary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near commissionary in the dictionary

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

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