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
Uplifted by a pile of commendatory messages and cablegrams from as far off as Ireland, Mr. Woodring then went back to his business of rearming the U. S. Army.
From Time Magazine Archive
His only post-election comment was a commendatory reference to an editorial by Editor Cleveland Rodgers of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.*
From Time Magazine Archive
May you jump easy!' he concluded, with a dim sense of being called upon for commendatory words by way of peroration.
From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Ernest G. Henham
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