Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
commissional .
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- adjective Of, relating to, or
conferring acommission . - adjective Conferred by a
commission orwarrant .
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Examples
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Bidders from England, France, Lithuania, Hong Kong and the United States joined the auction by phone for the 40 items – sold by a New Zealand family, descendants of Denzil Ibbetson, commissionary officer on St. Helena during Napoleon's incarceration on the remote island.
Napoleon's Lock Of Hair Fetches Over $13,000 At Auction 2010
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He became commissionary provincial of the mission in 1618 and preached the first jubilee accorded to Canada.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Wigan, being one of that very rare class who think for themselves, was not comprehended by his commissionary tours, had been to this man's heart as a match to tinder.
One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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And it is of verity, that according to these cautions, neither have these men, now called bishops, entered to that office of commissionary to vote in parliament, neither since their ingyring, have they behaved themselves therein.
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Bidders from England, France, Lithuania, Hong Kong and the United States joined the auction by phone for the 40 items - sold by a New Zealand family, descendants of Denzil Ibbetson, commissionary officer on St. Helena during Napoleon's incarceration on the remote island.
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Bidders from England, France, Lithuania, Hong Kong and the United States joined the auction by phone for the 40 items - sold by a New Zealand family, descendants of Denzil Ibbetson, commissionary officer on St. Helena during Napoleon's incarceration on the remote island.
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Bidders from England, France, Lithuania, Hong Kong and the United States joined the auction by phone for the 40 items - sold by a New Zealand family, descendants of Denzil Ibbetson, commissionary officer on St. Helena during Napoleon's incarceration on the remote island.
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Bidders from England, France, Lithuania, Hong Kong and the United States joined the auction by phone for the 40 items - sold by a New Zealand family, descendants of Denzil Ibbetson, commissionary officer on St. Helena during Napoleon's incarceration on the remote island.
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Bidders from England, France, Lithuania, Hong Kong and the United States joined the auction by phone for the 40 items - sold by a New Zealand family, descendants of Denzil Ibbetson, commissionary officer on St. Helena during Napoleon's incarceration on the remote island.
KRDO.com 2010
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Bidders from England, France, Lithuania, Hong Kong and the United States joined the auction by phone for the 40 items - sold by a New Zealand family, descendants of Denzil Ibbetson, commissionary officer on St. Helena during Napoleon's incarceration on the remote island.
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