commissary UK /ˈkɒm.ɪ.s(ə)ɹi/US /ˈkɑ.mɪˌsɛɹ.i/ noun8 •A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners. •A cafeteria at a television or movie studio. •An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account.“We tried to provide for you while you were in there. We may not have put as much on your commissary as your in-laws, but what we gave was more to us.” — 2018 •One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. •An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.It has been already hinted , that a Commissary, in Latin stiled Commisarius, is a Title of Ecclefiaftical Jurisdiction — 1726 •The judge in a commissary court. •An officer who supplies provisions to an army. •A higher-ranking police officer. formscommissaries