\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.