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commissionary

adj

Etymology

From commission + -ary.

  1. derived from commissiō — “sending together; commission”
  2. derived from commission
  3. inherited from commissioun
  4. suffixed as commissionary — “commission + ary”

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, conferring, or conferred by a commission.

    • Delegate or commissionary authority.

  2. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA