- plural of commissary.
Example Sentences
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"Commissaries will prepare twelve days' rations," was his order, which meant a long march, and the annihilation of Lee's army.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various
That the Commissaries are steeped to the lips in this horrible business has been amply shown in these paragraphs.
From The Crime of the Congo by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
All persons employed as Commissaries of military stores, of clothing, or any other denomination, wherein the expenditure of public money or property is connected, ought to be subjected to this authority.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI by Sparks, Jared
For the Commissaries seeing that their pacyent spake not at all, summoned the Gentlewoman to pay the Penaltye pronounced in the Edict, or else to loose hyr lyfe.
From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by Painter, William
There was something of panic in the haste with which the Council of People's Commissaries, the body corresponding to the Cabinet of other governments, assembled for conference the moment the news reached the capital.
