Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Array \Ar*ray"\, n. [OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi,
   order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai,
   rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth.
   raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel.
   rei[eth]i rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. {Ready},
   {Greith}, {Curry}.]
   1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in
      regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in
      battle array.

            Wedged together in the closest array. --Gibbon.

   2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly
      collection; hence, a body of soldiers.

            A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. --Prescott.

   3. An imposing series of things.

            Their long array of sapphire and of gold. --Byron.

   4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or
      beautiful apparel. --Dryden.

   5. (Law)
      (a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper
          officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
      (b) The panel itself.
      (c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.

   {To challenge the array} (Law), to except to the whole panel.
      --Cowell. --Tomlins. --Blount.

   {Commission of array} (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the
      prince to officers in every county, to muster and array
      the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war.
      --Blackstone.

Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See
   {Commit}.]
   1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of
      perpetrating.

            Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a
            certain degree of hardness.           --South.

   2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a
      trust shall be executed.

   3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;
      a trust; a charge.

   4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
      powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the
      performance of certain duties.

            Let him see our commission.           --Shak.

   5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
      authority; as, a colonel's commission.

   6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some
      duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate
      commerce commission.

            A commission was at once appointed to examine into
            the matter.                           --Prescott.

   7. (Com.)
      (a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,
          another.
      (b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
          three commissions for the city.
      (c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
          for transacting business for another; as, a commission
          of ten per cent on sales. See {Del credere}.

   {Commission of array}. (Eng. Hist.) See under {Array}.

   {Commission of bankruptcy}, a commission appointing and
      empowering certain persons to examine into the facts
      relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the
      bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.

   {Commission of lunacy}, a commission authorizing an inquiry
      whether a person is a lunatic or not.

   {Commission merchant}, one who buys or sells goods on
      commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per
      cent as his compensation.

   {Commission, or Commissioned}, {officer} (Mil.), one who has
      a commission, in distinction from a noncommissioned or
      warrant officer.

   {Commission of the peace}, a commission under the great seal,
      constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
      [Eng.]

   {To put a vessel into commission} (Naut.), to equip and man a
      government vessel, and send it out on service after it has
      been laid up; esp.,