commendatory
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commendatory
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From commend + -atory.
adjective more commendatory · most commendatory
- Serving to commend or compliment; complimentary. 1577, Raphael Holinshed et al., The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irlande, London: John Hunne, The Historie of England, Kinewulfe, p. 198, In the yeare of our Lorde .786. […] Pope Adrian sent two Lega[ts into] Englande […] with letters commendatory vnto Offa king of Merc
- Holding a benefice in commendam. a commendatory bishop
noun commendatories
- That which commends; a commendation; eulogy. To him he adheres, resigns the whole ware-house of his religion, with all the locks and keyes into his custody; and indeed makes the very person of that man his religion; esteems his associating with him a sufficient evidence and commendatory of his own piety.
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