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Christian CommissionChristian Chris"tian, a.
1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian
people.
3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian
court. --Blackstone.
4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind;
kindly; gentle; beneficent.
The graceful tact; the Christian art. --Tennyson.
Christian Commission. See under Commission.
Christian court. Same as Ecclesiastical court.
Christian era, the present era, commencing with the birth
of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk
(Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate
the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years
too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894.
Christian name, the name given in baptism, as distinct from
the family name, or surname. Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission Civil Service Commission
In the United States, a commission appointed by the
President, consisting of three members, not more than two of
whom may be adherents of the same party, which has the
control, through examinations, of appointments and promotions
in the classified civil service. It was created by act of
Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403).
commissionFactorage Fac"tor*age, n. [Cf. F. factorage.]
The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his
services; -- called also a commission. CommissionCommission Com*mis"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commissioned;
p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]
1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to
empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform
certain acts; to commission an officer.
2. To send out with a charge or commission.
A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian
land. --Dryden.
Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate;
constitute; ordain. Commission of arrayArray Ar*ray", n. [OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi,
order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai,
rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth.
raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel.
rei[eth]i rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. Ready,
Greith, Curry.]
1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in
regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in
battle array.
Wedged together in the closest array. --Gibbon.
2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly
collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. --Prescott.
3. An imposing series of things.
Their long array of sapphire and of gold. --Byron.
4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or
beautiful apparel. --Dryden.
5. (Law)
(a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper
officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
(b) The panel itself.
(c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel.
--Cowell. --Tomlins. --Blount.
Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the
prince to officers in every county, to muster and array
the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war.
--Blackstone. Commission of general gaol deliveryGaol Gaol, n. [See Jail.]
A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or
provisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the
United States usually, written jail.]
Commission of general gaol delivery, an authority conferred
upon judges and others included in it, for trying and
delivering every prisoner in jail when the judges, upon
their circuit, arrive at the place for holding court, and
for discharging any whom the grand jury fail to indict.
[Eng.]
Gaol delivery. (Law) See Jail delivery, under Jail. CommissionaireCommissionaire Com*mis`sion*aire", n. [F. commissionnaire. Cf.
Commissioner.]
1. One intrusted with a commission, now only a small
commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or
subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the
like.
Note: The commissionaire familiar to European travelers
performs miscellaneous services as a light porter,
messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc.
2. One of a corps of pensioned soldiers, as in London,
employed as doorkeepers, messengers, etc. Commissional
Commissional Com*mis"sion*al, Commissionary
Com*mis"sion*a*rya.
Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by
a commission or warrant. [R.]
Delegate or commissionary authority. --Bp. Hall.
Commissionary
Commissional Com*mis"sion*al, Commissionary
Com*mis"sion*a*rya.
Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by
a commission or warrant. [R.]
Delegate or commissionary authority. --Bp. Hall.
Commissionate
Commissionate Com*mis"sion*ate, v. t.
To commission [Obs.]
CommissionedCommission Com*mis"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commissioned;
p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]
1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to
empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform
certain acts; to commission an officer.
2. To send out with a charge or commission.
A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian
land. --Dryden.
Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate;
constitute; ordain. CommissionerCommissioner Com*mis"sion*er, n.
1. A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some
office, or execute some business, for the government,
corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner
to take affidavits or to adjust claims.
To another address which requested that a commission
might be sent to examine into the state of things in
Ireland, William returned a gracious answer, and
desired the Commons to name the commissioners.
--Macaulay.
2. An officer having charge of some department or bureau of
the public service.
Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty.
--Macaulay.
The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the
land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are
subordinates of the secretary of the interior.
--Bartlett.
Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take
affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc.,
for use in the State by which he is appointed. [U. S.]
County commissioners, certain administrative officers in
some of the States, invested by local laws with various
powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial
matters, etc., of the county. [U. S.] Commissioner of deedsCommissioner Com*mis"sion*er, n.
1. A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some
office, or execute some business, for the government,
corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner
to take affidavits or to adjust claims.
To another address which requested that a commission
might be sent to examine into the state of things in
Ireland, William returned a gracious answer, and
desired the Commons to name the commissioners.
--Macaulay.
2. An officer having charge of some department or bureau of
the public service.
Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty.
--Macaulay.
The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the
land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are
subordinates of the secretary of the interior.
--Bartlett.
Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take
affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc.,
for use in the State by which he is appointed. [U. S.]
County commissioners, certain administrative officers in
some of the States, invested by local laws with various
powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial
matters, etc., of the county. [U. S.] CommissioningCommission Com*mis"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commissioned;
p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]
1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to
empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform
certain acts; to commission an officer.
2. To send out with a charge or commission.
A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian
land. --Dryden.
Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate;
constitute; ordain. Commissionnaire
Commissionnaire Com*mis`sion*naire" (?; F. ?), n. [F., fr. L.
commissio.]
1. An agent or factor; a commission merchant.
2. One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who
perform miscellaneous services for travelers.
Commissionship
Commissionship Com*mis"sion*ship, n.
The office of commissioner. --Sir W. Scott.
Commissive
Commissive Com*mis"sive, a.
Relating to commission; of the nature of, or involving,
commission. [R.]
County commissionersCommissioner Com*mis"sion*er, n.
1. A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some
office, or execute some business, for the government,
corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner
to take affidavits or to adjust claims.
To another address which requested that a commission
might be sent to examine into the state of things in
Ireland, William returned a gracious answer, and
desired the Commons to name the commissioners.
--Macaulay.
2. An officer having charge of some department or bureau of
the public service.
Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty.
--Macaulay.
The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the
land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are
subordinates of the secretary of the interior.
--Bartlett.
Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take
affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc.,
for use in the State by which he is appointed. [U. S.]
County commissioners, certain administrative officers in
some of the States, invested by local laws with various
powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial
matters, etc., of the county. [U. S.] County commissioners 3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak.
County commissioners. See Commissioner.
County corporate, a city or town having the privilege to be
a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs
and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the
county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol,
etc. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to
county.
County palatine, a county distinguished by particular
privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace),
because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same
powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had
in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The
counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and
Durham.
County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected
by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying
the expenses to which counties are liable, such as
repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.]
County seat, a county town. [U.S.]
County sessions, the general quarter sessions of the peace
for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.]
County town, the town of a county, where the county
business is transacted; a shire town. Discommission
Discommission Dis`com*mis"sion, v. t.
To deprive of a commission or trust. [R.] --Laud.
Ecclesiastical commissioners for EnglandEcclesiastical Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al, a. [See Ecclesiastical,
a.]
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization
or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical
affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and
discipline was an abomination. --Cowper.
Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent
commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider
and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.
Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the
discipline of the Established Church; -- called also
Christian courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law as
administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.), the church modes, or the
scales anciently used.
Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to
the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also
States of the Church. into commissionthe formal act of taking command of a vessel for service,
hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal, or the Treasury, into
commission, to place it in the hands of a commissioner or
commissioners during the abeyance of the ordinary
administration, as between the going out of one lord
keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to co["o]perate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment. Jail delivery commissionJail Jail, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole,
jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L.
cavea cavity, cage. See Cage.]
A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons
held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with
reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also
gaol.]
This jail I count the house of liberty. --Milton.
Jail bird, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.
[Slang]
Jail delivery, the release of prisoners from jail, either
legally or by violence.
Jail delivery commission. See under Gaol.
Jail fever (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling
it, generated in jails and other places crowded with
people; -- called also hospital fever, and ship fever.
Jail liberties, or Jail limits, a space or district
around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on
certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott.
Jail lock, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also
Scandinavian lock. NoncommissionedNoncommissioned Non`com*mis"sioned, a.
Not having a commission.
Noncommissioned officer (Mil.), a subordinate officer not
appointed by a commission from the chief executive or
supreme authority of the State; but by the Secretary of
War or by the commanding officer of the regiment. Noncommissioned officerNoncommissioned Non`com*mis"sioned, a.
Not having a commission.
Noncommissioned officer (Mil.), a subordinate officer not
appointed by a commission from the chief executive or
supreme authority of the State; but by the Secretary of
War or by the commanding officer of the regiment. Police commissionerPolice Po*lice", n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a
state, government, administration, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be a
citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. ? citizen, fr.
? city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. Policy polity,
Polity.]
1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a
city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights,
order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement
of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of
the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or
borough.
2. That which concerns the order of the community; the
internal regulation of a state.
3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or
district, whose particular duties are the preservation of
good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the
enforcement of the laws.
4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to
preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements
in a camp or garrison.
5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state ? a camp
as to cleanliness.
Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of a
board, commissioned to regulate and control the
appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.
Police constable, or Police officer, a policeman.
Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before
it by the police.
Police inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a
superintendent.
Police jury, a body of officers who collectively exercise
jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes,
etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier.
Police justice, or Police magistrate, a judge of a police
court.
Police offenses (Law), minor offenses against the order of
the community, of which a police court may have final
jurisdiction.
Police station, the headquarters of the police, or of a
section of them; the place where the police assemble for
orders, and to which they take arrested persons. Recommission
Recommission Re`com*mis"sion (r?`k?m*m?sh?n), v. t.
To commission again; to give a new commission to.
Officers whose time of service had expired were to be
recommissioned. --Marshall.
Sanitary CommissionSanitary San"i*ta*ry, a. [L. sanitas health: cf. F. sanitaire.
See Sanity.]
Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve
health; relating to the preservation or restoration of
health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note
under Sanatory.
Sanitary Commission. See under Commission. The United States Christian Commissionthe formal act of taking command of a vessel for service,
hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal, or the Treasury, into
commission, to place it in the hands of a commissioner or
commissioners during the abeyance of the ordinary
administration, as between the going out of one lord
keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to co["o]perate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment. The United States Sanitary Commissionthe formal act of taking command of a vessel for service,
hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal, or the Treasury, into
commission, to place it in the hands of a commissioner or
commissioners during the abeyance of the ordinary
administration, as between the going out of one lord
keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to co["o]perate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment.
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