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English Dictionary: commentary	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for commentary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): comment, commentary
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commentary \Com"mentary\, 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.