Hypertext Webster Gateway: "commendatory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Commendatory \Com*mend"a*to*ry\, n.
A commendation; eulogy. [R.] ``Commendatories to our
affection.'' --Sharp.
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