COMMISSARIAT Definition & Meaning

commissariat

[ kom-uh-sair-ee-uht ]

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noun

any of the major governmental divisions of the U.S.S.R.: called ministry since 1946.
the organized method or manner by which food, equipment, transport, etc., is delivered to armies.
the department of an army charged with supplying provisions.

commissariat

/ ˌ��ɒ��ɪˈ��ɛə��ɪə�� /

noun

(in the former Soviet Union) a government department before 1946 Now calledministry
1. a military department in charge of food supplies, equipment, etc
2. the offices of such a department
food supplies

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of commissariat¹

1600–10; < New Latin ��ǳ��ٳܲ�, equivalent to Medieval Latin ��ǳ�� ( us ) commissary + -��ٳܲ� -ate ³; commissariat ( def 1 ) < Russian ��ǳ��á�� ≪ New Latin, as above

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of commissariat¹

C17: from New Latin ��ǳ��ٳܲ�, from Medieval Latin ��ǳ��us commissary

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The commissariat held 38 women, it said, some of whom slept in the chief's office overnight under police supervision, where other detainees were permitted "a breather" during the day.

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And in his summoning of the nation to seriousness, he is scalding about the Defense Department’s “woke commissariat.”

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Across from the town’s voenkomat, or military commissariat, the cream-colored walls on Lenin Street are smeared haphazardly with gobs of white paint.

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Last week at a voenkomat, or military commissariat, in northwestern Moscow, wives, mothers, and children gathered to say goodbye to loved ones being shipped off to fight.

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But there have been multiple reports of military commissariats deploying soldiers to the front just days after they were summoned.

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