Hypertext Webster Gateway: "commentary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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" [syn: {comment}]
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