commissariat

commissariat
/kom'euh sair"ee euht/, n.
1. any of the major governmental divisions of the U.S.S.R.: called ministry since 1946.
2. the organized method or manner by which food, equipment, transport, etc., is delivered to armies.
3. the department of an army charged with supplying provisions.
[1600-10; < NL commissariatus, equiv. to ML commissari(us) COMMISSARY + -atus -ATE3; (def. 1) < Russ komissariát NL, as above]

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