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Definition of Commentaries
1. commentary [n] - See also: commentary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commentaries
Literary usage of Commentaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Reviewby Ralph Griffiths by Ralph Griffiths (1786)
"72 — Abridgment of his commentaries, vol. i. and ii. 8vo. jos. od. ... 396 H.
15» — Abridgment of his commentaries, by Colin Hoflack, vol. iii. iv. ..."
2. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921)
"... for the fact 'hat it speedily became the subject of elaborate commentaries.
* Commentaries on the Syntaxis. ... commentaries are called scholia, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1832)
"Principles of Physiological Medicine, in the form of Propositions; embracing
Physiology, Pathology, and Therapeutics, with Commentaries on those relating to ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1800)
"Commentaries on tie ... commentaries. The utility of the work, and the great
merit of the elegant and maf- t»rly writer, are fo generally un- Vi ..."
5. Bibliotheca Americana: Catalogue of American Publications, Including by Orville Augustus Roorbach (1849)
"Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States; with a Preliminary Review
of the ... Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws, Foreign and Domestic, ..."
6. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"PAUK Commentaries on the New Testament ... Commentaries ON THE NEW TESTAMENT.
E SPEAKER'S COMMENTARY : THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS.*—The list of con- ± tri butors ..."