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- : a government department headed by a commissar
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There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun commissariat. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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A commissariat is a department or organization commanded by a commissary or by a corps of commissaries. In many countries, commissary is a police rank. In those countries, a commissariat is a police station commanded by a commissary. In some armies, commissaries are logistic officers.
COMMISSARIATE. The whole body of officers who act in the department of the commissary, are called the, commissariate. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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define commissariat in law country song define commissariat in law country boy commissary courts. in the Scottish legal system, the courts that deal with succession matters. The jurisdiction and function are now part of the Sheriff Court. The territory is still known as the commissariat. Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006.
1. : a system for supplying an army with food. 2. : food supplies. 3. [borrowed from Russian komissariat, borrowed from German Kommissariat, borrowed from Medieval Latin commissāriātus] : a government department in the Soviet Union until 1946. 4. : a board of commissioners. Examples of commissariat in a Sentence.
Definition of commissariat noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Commissariat definition: any of the major governmental divisions of the U.S.S.R.. See examples of COMMISSARIAT used in a sentence.
