Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: Com"men*ta*ry, 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.

Synonyms: comment

See Also: annotation, notation, note, statement

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