Definition of Commendatory. Meaning of Commendatory. Synonyms of Commendatory

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Definition of Commendatory

Commendatory
Commendatory Com*mend"a*to*ry, a. [L. commendatorius.] 1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. ``Commendatory verses.' --Pope. 2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop. --Burke. Commendatory prayer (Book of Common Prayer), a prayer read over the dying. ``The commendatory prayer was said for him, and, as it ended, he [William III.] died.' --Bp. Burnet.
Commendatory
Commendatory Com*mend"a*to*ry, n. A commendation; eulogy. [R.] ``Commendatories to our affection.' --Sharp.

Meaning of Commendatory from wikipedia

- a benefice in commendam became most common with monasteries, and the commendatory abbot drew a portion of the revenue of the monastery but without fulfilling...
- A commendatory abbot (Latin: abbas commendatarius) is an ecclesiastic, or sometimes a layman, who holds an abbey in commendam, drawing its revenues but...
- something or someone. Epideictic rhetoric s****s to charm, or to cast odium." Commendatory verse is a genre of epideictic writing. In the Renaissance and Early...
- In colloquial language, puffery refers to exaggerated or false praise. Puffery serves to "puff up" what is being described. In law, puffery is usually...
- The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Langonnet, which became the Langonnet stud farm between 1807 and 1857, is a former Cistercian abbey belonging to the diocese...
- Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé, originally the commendatory abbot of La Trappe, led the reform. As commendatory abbot, de Rancé was a secular individual who...
- administrator Ecclesiastical judge Exorcist Laity Lay abbot Abthain Commendatory Lay cardinal Minister Major orders Minor orders Missionary Monsignor...
- This decline was further exacerbated by the practice of appointing a commendatory abbot, a lay person, appointed by a noble to oversee and to protect the...
- Persia & India. A custom of Renaissance humanists was to contribute commendatory verses that would preface the works of their friends. In the case of...
- over strategic mountain p****es in the Alps. Two of Humbert's sons were commendatory abbots at the Abbey of St. Maurice, Agaunum, on the River Rhone east...