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▪ I. † coˈmmissionary, n. Obs.
[ad. med.L. commissiōnārius, f. commissio commission: see -ary.]
= commissioner, commissary.
1555Eden Decades W. Ind. (Arb.) 50 Appoynted a commissionarie in thaffayres of India. 1598in Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. (1677) 454 The Office of Commissionary. a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. viii. viii. §4 That the thing may be their act..by commissionaries few or many.
▪ II. † coˈmmissionary, a. Obs.
[f. as prec.]
Appointed by commission or warrant; delegated.
a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. viii. viii. §5 Our judges in causes ecclesiastical are either ordinary or commissionary. 1627Sir R. Phipps Sp. in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 503 Commissionary Lieutenants do deprive us of all Liberty. 1649Bp. Hall Cases C. iii. ix. 341 That delegate, or commissionary authority, which is by Christ entrusted with them. |