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commendatorynoun
A commendation; eulogy.
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commendatoryadjective
Serving to commend or compliment; complimentary
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Commendatoryadjective
Favourably representative; containing praise.
Etymology: from commend.
It doth much add to a man’s reputation, and is like perpetual letters commendatory, to have good forms: to attain them, it almost sufficeth not to despise them. Francis Bacon, Essay 53.
We bestow the flourish of poetry on those commendatory conceits, which popularly set forth the eminency of this creature. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. vi. c. 5.
If I can think that neither he nor you despise me, it is a greater honour to me, by far, than if all the house of lords writ commendatory verses upon me. Alexander Pope.
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commendatory
In canon law, commendam (or in commendam) was a form of transferring an ecclesiastical benefice in trust to the custody of a patron. The phrase in commendam was originally applied to the provisional occupation of an ecclesiastical benefice, which was temporarily without an actual occupant, in contrast to the conferral of a title, in titulum, which was applied to the regular and unconditional occupation of a benefice.The word commendam is the accusative singular of the Latin noun commenda, "trust", or "custody", which is derived from the verb commendare ("to entrust").Granting a benefice in commendam became most common with monasteries, and the commendatory abbot drew a portion of the revenue of the monastery but without fulfilling the duties of the abbot or even residing at the monastery.
Webster Dictionary
Commendatoryadjective
serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising
Commendatoryadjective
holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop
Commendatorynoun
a commendation; eulogy
Etymology: [L. commendatorius.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of commendatory in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of commendatory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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