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Definition: Commendatory
Commendatory
\Com*mend"a*to*ry\, a. [L. commendatorius.]
1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation;
commending; praising.
“Commendatory verses.” --Pope.
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2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory
bishop. --Burke.
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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.
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Commendatory
\Com*mend"a*to*ry\, n.
A commendation; eulogy. [R.]
“Commendatories to our
affection.” --Sharp.
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