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Meaning of commissary

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

commissary

noun

Definitions

  1. A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.

  2. A cafeteria at a movie studio.

  3. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.

  4. An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.