Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to a commissary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to a commissary.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to a commissary

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Examples

  • But is he not getting an enormous commissarial salary with expenses and perks specifically to resolve such crises?

    It is all our fault Helen 2005

  • The sympathetic nervous system resembles the commissarial department of the army, which attends to the material welfare of the soldiers, while the motor nervous system, with headquarters in the brain, corresponds to the commander with his executive staff, the nerve centers in the spinal cord and other parts of the body being the subordinate officers in the field.

    Nature Cure Henry Lindlahr 1893

  • In thus finding vent for their piety, the pilgrims mingled sanctification with recreation, enjoying healthful holidays, and creating trade with varied business, commercial and commissarial activities, while enlarging also their ideas and learning something of geography.

    The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885

  • Five young men of the tribe also have stopt behind, who wish to continue with us and work for us, but the low state of our commissarial renders it desirable not to accept their offer, unless our hunters return to-day with a good stock of provisions.

    California Four Months among the Gold-Finders, being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts Henry Vizetelly 1857

  • "The grand Bailiff de Sallande, and the other commissions of their Noble Mightinesses for the affairs of finance, having examined, conformably to their commissarial resolution of the 3d of this month, the addresses of Mr. Adams, communicated to the

    The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat

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