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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Commentary \Com"men*ta*ry\, n.; pl {Commentaries}. [L. commentarius, commentarium note book, commentary: cf F. commentaire See {Comment}, v. i.] 1. A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary. --Hallam. 2. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: commentary n : a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal" [syn: {comment}]
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