Commandress
(Com*mand"ress) n. A woman invested with authority to command. Hooker.
Commandry
(Com*mand"ry) n. See Commandery.
Commark
(Com"mark`) n. [OF. comarque, or LL. commarca, commarcha; com- + marcha, boundary.
See March a confine.] The frontier of a country; confines. [Obs.] Shelton.
Commaterial
(Com`ma*te"ri*al) a. Consisting of the same material. [Obs.] Bacon.
Commatic
(Com*mat"ic) a. [L. commaticus, Gr. . See Comma.] Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.
Commatism
(Com"ma*tism) n. [See Commatic.] Conciseness in writing. Bp. Horsley.
Commeasurable
(Com*meas"ur*a*ble) a. [Cf. Commensurable.] Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.
She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had
done.
I. Walton.
Commeasure
(Com*meas"ure) v. t. To be commensurate with; to equal. Tennyson.
Commemorable
(Com*mem"o*ra"ble) a. [L. commemorabilis.] Worthy to be commemorated.
Commemorate
(Com*mem"o*rate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commemorating.]
[L. commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor
mindful. See Memory.] To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor
and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve
the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior
by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance
of the Fourth of July.
We are called upon to commemorate a revolution.
Atterbury.
Syn. — See Celebrate.
Commemoration
(Com*mem`o*ra"tion) n. [L. commemoratio.]
1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some
person or event.
This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord.
Abp.
Tillotson.
The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a feast
of eternal commemoration.
Burke.
2. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
Commemoration day, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an annual observance or ceremony in honor
of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred.
Commemorative
(Com*mem"o*ra*tive) a. Tending or intended to commemorate. "A sacrifice commemorative
of Christ's offering up his body for us." Hammond.
An inscription commemorative of his victory.
Sir G. C. Lewis.
Commemorator
(Com*mem"o*ra`tor) n. [L.] One who commemorates.
