commissary /komˈi-sə-ri/

1. A store supplying equipment and provisions (US)
2. (the supply of) provisions, commissariat (US)
3. A restaurant or canteen, esp in a film studio (orig US)
4. An officer who supplies provisions, etc to an army
5. An officer representing a bishop, and performing his duties in distant parts of the diocese (religion)
6. A commissar
7. A person to whom any charge is committed
8. A deputy
9. The judge in a commissary court (Scots law)

commissāˈrial adjective

Relating to a commissary

commˈissaryship noun

commissary court noun

A Scottish court, abolished in 1836, with jurisdiction in matters that had formerly belonged to the bishops' courts

commissary general noun

The head of the department for supplying provisions, etc to an army

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