Commissary word meaning and definition

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[noun] a retail store that sells equipment and provisions to military personnel
[noun] a snack bar in a film studio

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\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.

Related terms: accumulation, canteen, commissioner, cumulation, dehydrated foods, grocery, hoard, larder, manciple, materiel, messenger, minister, patron, provisions, rations, repertoire, stack, stock, stock-in-trade, stockpile, storekeeper, treasury

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Let's analyse "commissary" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Four syllables and Three vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 30% of vowels is 8.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YRASSIMMOC. Average typing speed for these characters is 2680 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.-. --- -- -- .. ... ... .- .-. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: commissary: 6 + 9 + 1 = 16, reduced: 7 (or 5 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: commissary: 3 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 9 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 9 + 7 = 45, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
M (2)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
S (2)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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