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commissar

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commissar in the former Soviet Union
1. an official of the Communist Party responsible for political education, esp in a military unit
2. (before 1946) the head of a government department


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Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, the Vatican's new culture commissar, urged "the greatest caution" after announcing that Roman Catholic churches with few worshippers could be sold off.
Don't turn our churches into nightclubs, urges Vatican by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Then up stepped Commissar Peter Mandelson with an absurd suggestion that he might one day become Prime Minister, our first gay one at that.
Brown's 'plan' to be only show in town; VOICE OF THE NORTH by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
org read: "British government commissar bans Don Black and others for 'thought crime,' while Third World rapists and murderers allowed to flood the country.
US radio host threatens to sue over British blacklist by AFP / AFP American Edition
 
 
 
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