commentary

commentary
commentarial /kom'euhn tair"ee euhl/, adj.
/kom"euhn ter'ee/, n., pl. commentaries.
1. a series of comments, explanations, or annotations: a commentary on the Bible; news followed by a commentary.
2. an explanatory essay or treatise: a commentary on a play; Blackstone's commentaries on law.
3. anything serving to illustrate a point, prompt a realization, or exemplify, esp. in the case of something unfortunate: The dropout rate is a sad commentary on our school system.
4. Usually, commentaries. records of facts or events: Commentaries written by Roman lawyers give us information on how their courts functioned.
[1375-1425; late ME commentaries (pl.) < L commentarium notebook, n. use of neut. of commentarius, equiv. to comment(um) COMMENT + -arius -ARY]

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