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
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A quick scroll through his timeline will mostly yield commendatory musings about various Amazon ventures or the executive’s space-exploration outfit, Blue Origin.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2017
A quick scroll through his timeline will mostly yield commendatory musings about various Amazon ventures or the executive’s space exploration outfit, Blue Origin.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2017
Meantime commendatory letters, telegrams, telephone calls by the hundred poured into the Star's office.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tillamook's guerrillas got a commendatory pat for patriotic spirit.
From Time Magazine Archive
He appeared soon after again in print, among writers of commendatory verses to a friend of his, John Hoddesdon, who published a volume of Epigrams in 1650.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
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