Complete Definition of "commentary"

English

Etymology
L. commentarius, commentarium, note book, confer F. commentaire. See comment.

Noun
en-noun|commentar|ies

  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.

  1. 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.

Translations

Kurdish: �irove f, ravekf, ravekirin f, îzah f, �erh f, tefsîr f, ron|ronkirin f, komentar f
Hebrew: פרשנ�ת (p�rsh�nut) f (1); �ער�ת (he'arot) f|p (2)

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