COMMISSION, n.
1. The act of committing, doing, performing, or perpetrating; as the commission of a crime.
2. The act of committing or sending to; the act of entrusting, as a charge or duty. Hence,
3. The thing committed, entrusted or delivered; letters patent, or any writing from proper authority, given to a person as his warrant for exercising certain powers, or the performance of any duty, whether civil, ecclesiastical, or military. Hence,
4. Charge; order; mandate; authority given.
He bore his great commission in his look.
5. By a metonymy, a number of persons joined in an office or trust.
6. The state of that which is entrusted, as the great seal was put into commission; or the state of being authorized to act or perform service, as a ship is put into commission.
7. In commerce, the state of acting under authority in the purchase and sale of goods for another. To trade or do business on commission, is to buy or sell for another by this authority. Hence,
8. The allowance made to a factor or commission-merchant for transacting business, which is a certain rate per cent. of the value of the goods bought or sold.
Commission of bankruptcy, is a commission issuing from the Chancellor in Great Britain, and in other countries, from some proper authority, appointing and empowering certain persons to examine into the facts relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the bankrupts lands and effects for the creditors.
Commission of lunacy, is a commission issuing from the court of chancery, to authorize an inquiry whether a person is a lunatic or not.
Commission-officer, in the army or navy, is an officer who has a commission, in distinction from subaltern officers.
(apparently there is a lot of different terms for the work, but the one I want to focus on is the one that is: acting, committing, doing, a task given by authority, a mission)
Scriptures:
That ye may be prepared in all things when I shall send you again to magnify the calling whereunto I have called you, and the mission with which I have commissioned you.
...God and has authority from Jesus Christ to baptize, shall go down into the water with the person who has presented himself or herself for baptism, and shall say, calling him or her by name: Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son,...
But behold, from among the righteous, he organized his forces and appointed messengers, clothed with power and authority, and commissioned them to go forth and carry the light of the gospel to them that were in darkness, even to all the spirits of men; and thus was the gospel preached to the dead.
...his disciples, Matt. 4:18–22 (Matt. 9:9; Mark 1:16–20; Mark 2:13–14; Luke 5:1–11, 27–28; Luke 6:12–16; John 1:35–51).Commissioned the Twelve, Matt. 10:1–4 (Mark 3:13–19; Luke 6:12–16).Gave the Sermon on the Mount, Matt. 5–7Foretold his own death and resurrection, Matt. 16:21 (Matt....
...causes men to walk in God’s statutes, Ezek. 36:27The Apostles were commissioned to baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, Matt. 28:19The Holy Ghost shall teach you all things, John 14:26Holy men spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, 2 Pet. 1:21Nephi was led by the...
Quotes:A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
Samuel Butler
Personal Definition:So, I think that commission is like a verb. Like Example:I saw Bob in the act of his commision of his crime. But an easier way to say it would be: I saw bob as he was committing his crime.
So I think it means you are committing something, or doing you're commitments.
But Commissioned is different. Like if you were commissioned to do something, It's like a task or a commitment given by authority for you to do, or commit to.
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