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commissary.

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

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɒm.ɪ.s(ə)ɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɑ.mɪˌsɛɹ.i/General-American/ˈkɑ.məˌsɛɹ.i/General-American/ˈkɔm.ə.sə.ɹi/Australia
  1. A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.

  2. An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account.

  3. A cafeteria at a television or movie studio.

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

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

  6. An officer who supplies provisions to an army.

  7. The judge in a commissary court.

  8. A higher-ranking police officer.

Where this word comes from

From Late Latin commissarius, from commissus, past participle of committō (“to commit, entrust to”). Doublet of commissar.

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