Obs. [f. as prec.] Appointed by commission or warrant; delegated.
a. 1600. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., VIII. viii. § 5. Our judges in causes ecclesiastical are either ordinary or commissionary.
1627. Sir R. Phipps, Sp., in Rushw., Hist. Coll. (1659), I. 503. Commissionary Lieutenants do deprive us of all Liberty.
1649. Bp. Hall, Cases C., III. ix. 341. That delegate, or commissionary authority, which is by Christ entrusted with them.
