commissary

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com·mis·sary | \ ˈkä-mə-ˌser-ē

, -ˌse-rē \

plural commissaries

Definition of commissary

1 : one delegated by a superior to execute a duty or an office

2a : a store for equipment and provisions especially : a supermarket for military personnel

b : food supplies

c : a lunchroom especially in a motion-picture studio

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Examples of commissary in a Sentence

will serve as commissary of religious education for the whole diocese

Recent Examples on the Web Plans for Television City also call for a new commissary and more than four acres for production base camps. — Roger Vincent Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "A $1.25-billion overhaul will bring Television City into the streaming era," 26 Mar. 2021 The attorney also said inmates have no access to the commissary. — From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, "VP Harris sets example, Bow Wow apologizes, vaccine shortages: News from around our 50 states," 21 Jan. 2021 Bread for all of the restaurants, bars and food hall stalls will be made at a commissary by chef David Madrid. — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, "Inside one of Dallas’ biggest restaurant construction projects in a decade: The Village and its 10+ new eateries," 1 Feb. 2021 Goat pizza served as Bull Run’s commissary kitchen, steered him to the old Fonda Rosa space at 108 N.E. 28th Ave. — Michael Russell, oregonlive, "Food cart favorite Bull Run Pizza is opening a restaurant in a prime NE Portland location," 11 Feb. 2021 Additional supplies and services are available for purchase from commissary, and those without the ability to pay incur a debt. — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, "Washtenaw County forgives $509K in jail debt to more than 31,000 people," 4 Feb. 2021 In October, Mowbray started his Clark’s Caribbean pop-up out of Bywater Trap commissary kitchen, which hosts a few pop-ups during the week. — Will Coviello, NOLA.com, "Adrian Mowbray launched the food pop-up Clark's Caribbean," 21 Dec. 2020 That includes four soups — lemon chicken and gnocchi, tomato bisque, butternut squash, and French onion — made from scratch daily with fresh ingredients at Blue Lemon’s commissary to ensure consistency across all its stores. — Larrisa Beth Turner, The Salt Lake Tribune, "8 places in Utah to get soups to go this winter," 25 Dec. 2020 On a vacation trip to Los Angeles, she was spotted having lunch with a friend in the Paramount Studios commissary and was soon meeting with the producer Hal Wallis. — New York Times, "Pamela Tiffin, Movie Star Who Shone Brightly but Briefly, Dies at 78," 6 Dec. 2020

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History and Etymology for commissary

Middle English commissarie, borrowed from Anglo-French commissaire, commissarie, borrowed from Medieval Latin commissārius, from Latin commissus (past participle of committere "to join together, engage, place in the keeping of, entrust, bring about") + -ārius -ary entry 1 — more at commit

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