commissariat

IPA: kˈɑmʌsɛriˈæt

A supply of food.
The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
(historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.

Examples of "commissariat" in Sentences

And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat",
At the commissariat de police along the Canebière, Jean-Marc and I step up to the comptoir.
Merci! cours aboiements comme si de rien n'était sans chiens je vais faire un tour commissariat caniche
Why should he lack for anything when he was in possession of a great "commissariat" extending as far as the
During the ride over to the commissariat, * I see a caniche* on a leash, its owner trotting along, light on her feet.
The church was weakest in that part which might be called the commissariat department, though Christ's commission had been entrusted to the richest nations in the world.
At the same time he informed me that his Government intended to transfer the basis of the British commissariat from the French coast to Antwerp as soon as all German ships were swept off the North
But it proved very difficult to keep them up to bringing a sufficient supply, and as they had a full share of the universal spirit of haggling, the commissariat was a very harassing and troublesome business, and as to the boys, it was evident that the experiment was not successful.