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commendatory

adj

Etymology

From commend + -atory.

  1. derived from commendō — “commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”
  2. derived from comender
  3. inherited from commenden
  4. suffixed as commendatory — “commend + atory”

Definitions

  1. Serving to commend or compliment

    Serving to commend or compliment; complimentary.

    • Pompey had made a Law also, to forbid the custom of making commendatory Orations, on behalf of those that were accused:

  2. Holding a benefice in commendam.

    • a commendatory bishop
    • The bishoprics, and the great commendatory abbies, were, with few exceptions, held by that order.

  3. That which commends

    That which commends; a commendation; eulogy.

    • […] what ever did but bear upon it the Image of God and the Superscription of the Holy Jesus, would need no other Commendatories to our Affection, but would upon that alone account be infinitely dear and pretious to us.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA