Home › Words › C › commissaryshipcommissaryshipcommissaryship · noun — the position or employment of a commissary.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, commissaryship ranks #40,714 of 43,049 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom commissary + -ship.nounThe position or employment of a commissary.e.g.“[…]the Offices of an Officialty to an Archdeacon , and of a Chancellorship or Commissaryship to a Bishop[…]” — 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John WaltDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.commissarship 81% match — The role or status of commissar. vs commissaryship →commissary 76% match — A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners. vs commissaryship →commissarial 75% match — Of or pertaining to a commissary vs commissaryship →commissariat 74% match — A supply of food. vs commissaryship →commissionship 72% match — The role or office of commissioner. vs commissaryship →commissionership 72% match — The role or office of commissioner. vs commissaryship →commissionary 69% match — Of, relating to, conferring, or conferred by a commission. vs commissaryship →commissional 69% match — Synonym of commissionary. vs commissaryship →