'Commentary' definitions:
Definition of 'commentary'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: comment, commentary]
Definition of 'Commentary'
From: GCIDE
- Commentary \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. [1913 Webster]
- This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'commentary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affix,
- allonge,
- analysis,
- annotation,
- apparatus criticus,
- appendix,
- coda,
- codicil,
- comment,
- commentation,
- critical review,
- criticism,
- critique,
- editorial,
- enclitic,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- exegesis,
- footnote,
- gloss,
- infix,
- interlineation,
- interpolation,
- leader,
- leading article,
- marginalia,
- notation,
- note,
- note of explanation,
- notice,
- obiter dictum,
- observation,
- postscript,
- prefix,
- proclitic,
- remark,
- report,
- review,
- rider,
- running commentary,
- scholia,
- scholium,
- suffix,
- tail,
- word of explanation,
- write-up