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| - | *''[[Commentary Magazine]]'', an [[United States|American]] [[public policy|public affairs]] | + | |
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| + | # A series of [[comment]]s or [[annotation]]s; especially, a book of [[explanation]]s or [[exposition]]s on the whole or a part of some other work. | ||
| + | #: ''This letter . . . was published by him with a severe '''commentary'''.'' -[[w:Henry Hallam|Henry Hallam]]. | ||
| + | # A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War. | ||
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| + | ===Etymology=== | ||
| + | From Latin ''[[commentarius]]'', {{term|commentarium||note book}}, confer {{etyl|fr}} ''[[commentaire]].'' See [[comment]]. | ||
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Noun
- A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
- This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary. -Henry Hallam.
- A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.
Etymology
From Latin commentarius, Template:Term, confer Template:Etyl commentaire. See comment.
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