commendatory
[kuh-men-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
- serving to commend; approving; praising.
- holding a benefice in commendam.
- held in commendam.
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Origin of commendatory
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About 250 commendatory Notices on the above Works have appeared.
He turned back to the bed, and kneeling, read the commendatory prayer.
MissyMiriam Coles Harris
Above all, in a literal and also commendatory sense of the word, was the solarium.
Roman WomenAlfred Brittain
Youve hit the mark, Fairbanks, were his first commendatory words.
Ralph, the Train DispatcherAllen Chapman
But I beg you to bear in mind that I did not write the commendatory expressions in the paper.
On The BlockadeOliver Optic