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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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
The punch won Happy no votes on the campus, where he is a trustee, but it did draw a commendatory letter from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meantime commendatory letters, telegrams, telephone calls by the hundred poured into the Star's office.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You’ve hit the mark, Fairbanks,” were his first commendatory words.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
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