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Commissarial
Commissarial Com`mis*sa"ri*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a commissary.
Commissariat
Commissariat Com`mis*sa"ri*at (?; 277), n. [F. commissariat.]
(Mil.)
(a) The organized system by which armies and military posts
are supplied with food and daily necessaries.
(b) The body of officers charged with such service.
CommissariesCommissary Com"mis*sa*ry, n.; pl. Commissaries. [LL.
commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to
commit, intrust to. See Commit.]
1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by
a superior power; a commissioner.
Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. --Donne.
2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises
ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a
distance from the residence of the bishop. --Ayliffe.
3. (Mil.)
(a) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the
commissary of musters.
(b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a
body of troops or a military post; -- officially
called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.]
Washington wrote to the President of Congress .
. . urging the appointment of a commissary
general, a quartermaster general, a commissary
of musters, and a commissary of artillery. --W.
Irving
Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special
department of army service; as:
(a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and
transport department, or of the ordnance store
department. [Eng.]
(b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.]
Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of
the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase
and issue of provisions for the army. CommissaryCommissary Com"mis*sa*ry, n.; pl. Commissaries. [LL.
commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to
commit, intrust to. See Commit.]
1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by
a superior power; a commissioner.
Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. --Donne.
2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises
ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a
distance from the residence of the bishop. --Ayliffe.
3. (Mil.)
(a) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the
commissary of musters.
(b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a
body of troops or a military post; -- officially
called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.]
Washington wrote to the President of Congress .
. . urging the appointment of a commissary
general, a quartermaster general, a commissary
of musters, and a commissary of artillery. --W.
Irving
Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special
department of army service; as:
(a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and
transport department, or of the ordnance store
department. [Eng.]
(b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.]
Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of
the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase
and issue of provisions for the army. Commissary DepartmentSubsistence Department Sub*sist"ence De*part"ment (Mil.)
A staff department of the United States army charged, under
the supervision of the Chief of Staff, with the purchasing
and issuing to the army of such supplies as make up the
ration. It also supplies, for authorized sales, certain
articles of food and other minor stores. It is commanded by
any officer of the rank of brigadier general, called
commissary general, and the department is popularly called
the Commissary Department. Commissary generalCommissary Com"mis*sa*ry, n.; pl. Commissaries. [LL.
commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to
commit, intrust to. See Commit.]
1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by
a superior power; a commissioner.
Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. --Donne.
2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises
ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a
distance from the residence of the bishop. --Ayliffe.
3. (Mil.)
(a) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the
commissary of musters.
(b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a
body of troops or a military post; -- officially
called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.]
Washington wrote to the President of Congress .
. . urging the appointment of a commissary
general, a quartermaster general, a commissary
of musters, and a commissary of artillery. --W.
Irving
Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special
department of army service; as:
(a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and
transport department, or of the ordnance store
department. [Eng.]
(b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.]
Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of
the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase
and issue of provisions for the army. Commissary general of subsistenceCommissary Com"mis*sa*ry, n.; pl. Commissaries. [LL.
commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to
commit, intrust to. See Commit.]
1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by
a superior power; a commissioner.
Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. --Donne.
2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises
ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a
distance from the residence of the bishop. --Ayliffe.
3. (Mil.)
(a) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the
commissary of musters.
(b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a
body of troops or a military post; -- officially
called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.]
Washington wrote to the President of Congress .
. . urging the appointment of a commissary
general, a quartermaster general, a commissary
of musters, and a commissary of artillery. --W.
Irving
Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special
department of army service; as:
(a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and
transport department, or of the ordnance store
department. [Eng.]
(b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.]
Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of
the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase
and issue of provisions for the army. commissary of subsistenceCommissary Com"mis*sa*ry, n.; pl. Commissaries. [LL.
commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to
commit, intrust to. See Commit.]
1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by
a superior power; a commissioner.
Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. --Donne.
2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises
ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a
distance from the residence of the bishop. --Ayliffe.
3. (Mil.)
(a) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the
commissary of musters.
(b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a
body of troops or a military post; -- officially
called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.]
Washington wrote to the President of Congress .
. . urging the appointment of a commissary
general, a quartermaster general, a commissary
of musters, and a commissary of artillery. --W.
Irving
Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special
department of army service; as:
(a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and
transport department, or of the ordnance store
department. [Eng.]
(b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.]
Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of
the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase
and issue of provisions for the army. Commissaryship
Commissaryship Com"mis*sa*ry*ship, n.
The office or employment of a commissary. --Ayliffe.
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