commentary
NounSynonyms:
comment
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- 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”Synonyms: comment
Webster's Dictionary (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]