commissariat
/ˌkɒmɪˈseərɪət/noun
1
- chiefly Military a department for the supply of food and equipment【主军】军需部, 军需处; 给养部门。
2
- a government department of the USSR before 1946人民委员部（前苏联1946年前的政府部门）。
词源
late 16th cent. （as a Scots legal term denoting the jurisdiction of a commissary, often spelled commissariot）： from French commissariat, reinforced by medieval Latin commissariatus, both from medieval Latin commissarius 'person in charge', from Latin committere 'entrust'.