commendatory
Americanadjective
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serving to commend; approving; praising.
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holding a benefice in commendam.
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held in commendam.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of commendatory
1545–55; < Late Latin commendātōrius, equivalent to commendā ( re ) to commend + -tōrius -tory 1
Example Sentences
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Epistle dedicatory to Lady Townshend, signed P. F. Commendatory verses signed H. M. In 1902 Mr B. Dobell had a MS. of the Latin portion containing an unpublished dedication to Prince Henry.
From Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge by Greg, W. W.
The proposed Commendatory Prayer, though in some of its features strikingly felicitous, is open to formal improvement.
From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by Huntington, William Reed
Commendatory verses to the author from Gaspar Romani and Hieronymo Sant-Perez.
From Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge by Greg, W. W.
Commendatory Prayer.—A beautiful and impressive prayer added to the Prayer Book in 1661, and which is to be said over a dying person.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
Commendatory and Other Verses, prefixed to Various Publications between 1638 and 1647.
From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard
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