commendam
Americannoun
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the tenure of a benefice to be held until the appointment of a regular incumbent, the benefice being said to be held in commendam.
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a benefice so held.
noun
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the temporary holding of an ecclesiastical benefice
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a benefice so held
Etymology
Origin of commendam
1555–65; < Medieval Latin, short for ( dare ) in commendam (to give) in trust; commendam, accusative singular of commenda, noun derivative of Latin commendāre to commend
Example Sentences
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John Dolben, made bishop in 1666; had served at Marston Moor and been wounded at York; retained his deanery of Westminster in commendam; translated to York in 1683; died in 1686.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by G. H. (George Henry) Palmer
In 1541 James V. obtained from the Pope the abbeys of Melrose and Kelso, to be held in commendam by his illegitimate son James, who died in 1558.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Dugald Butler
He held "in commendam" the abbey of St. Albans, and many other church preferments.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary by David Hume
Robert Blyth, a Benedictine and abbot of the monastery of Thorney, in Cambridgeshire, received this diocese in commendam by royal privilege in 1526.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 by Various
It is however quite certain that Ferne was held, along with the Abbacy of Kelso in commendam, by Andrew Stewart, Bishop of Caithness, who died in 1517.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by David Laing
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