commendatoryadj.n.

/kəˈmɛndətəri/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s command-.

Etymology: < late Latin commendātōrius, < commendātor : see commendator n. and -ory suffix².

A. adj.

a. Having the attribute of commending or recommending.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adjective] > of words or expressions

praisinga1382

laudablec1420

magnifical1533

magnific1548

commendatory1555

laudatory?1567

commendable1576

laudative1609

eulogiacal1654

eulogistic1825

eulogic1831

encomiastic1841

eulogious1887

1555 [see sense A. 1b].

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 405 Let the Fathers be..eloquent in theyr commendatory Declamations.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 13 The commendatory subscriptions of Confessors and Martyrs.

1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 29 A copy of commendatory verses.

1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing vii, in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 326/1 He would venture upon a commendatory grin.

b. commendatory letter or epistle: a letter commending a person to favourable notice or reception; esp. a testimonial or letter of introduction given for this purpose by a bishop to a member of his diocese when about to travel.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal document > authenticating document > [noun] > document certifying bearer > letter of credence or commendation

letter of credence?a1400

letter testimonial1425

credential letter1433

letter of credit1552

commendatory letter or epistle1555

letter of commendation1555

testimonial1571

fiduciary1593

letter of reference1616

credential1656

creditive letter1662

creditive1670

reference1818

1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 277^v He had receaued letters commendatori of pope Leo the tenth.

1568 R. Grafton Chron. Hen. VIII. anno 17 (R.) That no Englishman should enter into Scotland, without letters commendatory of theyr awne souereigne lorde.

1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. iii. 309 Commendatory Epistles granted to all whether Clergie or Laity that were to travel, as Tickets of Hospitality.

1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) iv Bellerophontis literas portare; when a man carrieth commendatory letters to his own hurt.

c. commendatory prayer n. in the Anglican Liturgy, a prayer in which a person at the point of death is commended to the mercy of God.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > for the dying

commendatory prayer1661

recommendatory prayer1694

commendation1885

1661 Prayer-bk., Rubric in Burial Office A commendatory prayer for a sick person at the point of departure.

1865 Reader 8 July 30 Their heroes appear..to live that they may die with the Commendatory Prayer on their lips.

a. Holding a benefice in commendam.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [adjective] > commendatory > holding

commendatary1611

commendatory1682

1682 G. Vernon Life P. Heylyn 67 John, Lord Bishop of Lincoln, then Commendatory-Dean thereof.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 240 The estates possessed by bishops and canons, and commendatory abbots.

1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms at Abbot Some abbots secular were commendatory, enjoying a portion of the revenues.

b. Held in commendam.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [adjective] > commendatory

commendatary1611

commendatory1790

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 164 The bishoprics, and the great commendatory abbies, were, with few exceptions, held by that order [sc. the nobility] .

3. Pertaining to feudal commendation.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [adjective] > relating to commendation

commendatory1867

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [adjective] > protected or defended > protected by a feudal lord > relating to feudal protection

commendatory1867

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) I. iii. 127 The feudal or commendatory relation is a very delicate relation.

B. n.

†1. A commendatory fact or word. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > an instance, act, or expression of

commendation1535

good words1535

suffrage1566

commend1606

exalt1607

commendatory1641

exaltation1650

back-pat1894

cheerleading1902

rave1926

rap1939

bouquet1955

society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > commendam > holding of > one who holds

commendatary1539

commendator1561

commendatory1641

commendatarea1651

1641 G. Langbaine in J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion (new ed.) sig. b4^v The..King upon the sole commendatories of his former deservings reserved that honour for him.

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 27 A sufficient evidence and commendatory of his own piety.

a1714 J. Sharp Serm. I. i. (R.) Whatever did but bear..the superscription of the holy Jesus would need no other commendatories to our affection.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. vii. 189 Just as if Cicero had spoke commendatories of Antony.

†2. A knight-commander. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > member of order of knights, etc. > [noun] > administrator of

commendatory1555

commander1611

commendator1669

society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > commander > [noun]

commendatory1555

commander1611

commendator1669

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vii. f. 124 Chiefe Commendatory of the order of the knyghtes of Alcantara.

1759 State Papers in Ann. Reg. 220/2 Degraded of the order of St. Jago, of which he was a commendatory.

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 560 The palace of the commendatory of the Teutonick order..once stood here.

†3. One who holds a benefice in commendam.

ΚΠ

a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 337 Condemned to die for keeping intelligence with the Commendatory of Driburgh.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 191 In Process of Time Commendatories, by divers Pretences of Honesty and Necessity made use of the Fruits themselves.

†4. = commandery n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land owned by institution, corporation, or class > specifically by an order of knights

commandery1534

commendatory1586

Templary1592

commendam1601

commendum1630

society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > prebendary > of religio-military order

commandery1534

commendatory1586

commendam1601

commendum1630

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > seignory

seigniory1338

lordshipa1375

feec1400

señoria1534

commanderya1641

commendatory1762

feud1806

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of feudal lord

seigniory1338

signoryc1515

district1611

lordship marcher1613

commot1628

commanderya1641

ligialty1651

distressa1658

seigneury1683

commendatory1762

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 127 The Knights of this order..became possessed of..beautiful monasteries and manye fayre Commendatories.

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 533 The Stadtholder of the bailiwick of Thuringia and the Commandatory of Grifstadt.

†5. = commendam n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > commendam

commandery1536

commenda1598

commendo1598

commendum1598

commendam1607

commendatory1755

1755 R. Keith Catal. Sc. Bishops (1824) 36 His uncle, now become primate of St. Andrew's, resigned in his favour the commendatory of Arbroath.

1849 J. Grant Mem. Kirkaldy xxi. 245 His Commendatory of Coldingham [was given] to Home of Manderston.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	commendatory
释义	commendatoryadj.n. /kəˈmɛndətəri/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s command-. Etymology: < late Latin commendātōrius, < commendātor : see commendator n. and -ory suffix². A. adj. 1. a. Having the attribute of commending or recommending. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adjective] > of words or expressions praisinga1382 laudablec1420 magnifical1533 magnific1548 commendatory1555 laudatory?1567 commendable1576 laudative1609 eulogiacal1654 eulogistic1825 eulogic1831 encomiastic1841 eulogious1887 1555 [see sense A. 1b]. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 405 Let the Fathers be..eloquent in theyr commendatory Declamations. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 13 The commendatory subscriptions of Confessors and Martyrs. 1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 29 A copy of commendatory verses. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing vii, in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 326/1 He would venture upon a commendatory grin. b. commendatory letter or epistle: a letter commending a person to favourable notice or reception; esp. a testimonial or letter of introduction given for this purpose by a bishop to a member of his diocese when about to travel. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > authenticating document > [noun] > document certifying bearer > letter of credence or commendation letter of credence?a1400 letter testimonial1425 credential letter1433 letter of credit1552 commendatory letter or epistle1555 letter of commendation1555 testimonial1571 fiduciary1593 letter of reference1616 credential1656 creditive letter1662 creditive1670 reference1818 1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 277^v He had receaued letters commendatori of pope Leo the tenth. 1568 R. Grafton Chron. Hen. VIII. anno 17 (R.) That no Englishman should enter into Scotland, without letters commendatory of theyr awne souereigne lorde. 1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. iii. 309 Commendatory Epistles granted to all whether Clergie or Laity that were to travel, as Tickets of Hospitality. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) iv Bellerophontis literas portare; when a man carrieth commendatory letters to his own hurt. c. commendatory prayer n. in the Anglican Liturgy, a prayer in which a person at the point of death is commended to the mercy of God. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > for the dying commendatory prayer1661 recommendatory prayer1694 commendation1885 1661 Prayer-bk., Rubric in Burial Office A commendatory prayer for a sick person at the point of departure. 1865 Reader 8 July 30 Their heroes appear..to live that they may die with the Commendatory Prayer on their lips. 2. a. Holding a benefice in commendam. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [adjective] > commendatory > holding commendatary1611 commendatory1682 1682 G. Vernon Life P. Heylyn 67 John, Lord Bishop of Lincoln, then Commendatory-Dean thereof. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 240 The estates possessed by bishops and canons, and commendatory abbots. View more context for this quotation 1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms at Abbot Some abbots secular were commendatory, enjoying a portion of the revenues. b. Held in commendam. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [adjective] > commendatory commendatary1611 commendatory1790 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 164 The bishoprics, and the great commendatory abbies, were, with few exceptions, held by that order [sc. the nobility] . View more context for this quotation 3. Pertaining to feudal commendation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [adjective] > relating to commendation commendatory1867 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [adjective] > protected or defended > protected by a feudal lord > relating to feudal protection commendatory1867 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) I. iii. 127 The feudal or commendatory relation is a very delicate relation. B. n. †1. A commendatory fact or word. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > an instance, act, or expression of commendation1535 good words1535 suffrage1566 commend1606 exalt1607 commendatory1641 exaltation1650 back-pat1894 cheerleading1902 rave1926 rap1939 bouquet1955 society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > commendam > holding of > one who holds commendatary1539 commendator1561 commendatory1641 commendatarea1651 1641 G. Langbaine in J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion (new ed.) sig. b4^v The..King upon the sole commendatories of his former deservings reserved that honour for him. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 27 A sufficient evidence and commendatory of his own piety. a1714 J. Sharp Serm. I. i. (R.) Whatever did but bear..the superscription of the holy Jesus would need no other commendatories to our affection. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. vii. 189 Just as if Cicero had spoke commendatories of Antony. †2. A knight-commander. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > member of order of knights, etc. > [noun] > administrator of commendatory1555 commander1611 commendator1669 society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > commander > [noun] commendatory1555 commander1611 commendator1669 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vii. f. 124 Chiefe Commendatory of the order of the knyghtes of Alcantara. 1759 State Papers in Ann. Reg. 220/2 Degraded of the order of St. Jago, of which he was a commendatory. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 560 The palace of the commendatory of the Teutonick order..once stood here. †3. One who holds a benefice in commendam. ΚΠ a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 337 Condemned to die for keeping intelligence with the Commendatory of Driburgh. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 191 In Process of Time Commendatories, by divers Pretences of Honesty and Necessity made use of the Fruits themselves. †4. = commandery n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land owned by institution, corporation, or class > specifically by an order of knights commandery1534 commendatory1586 Templary1592 commendam1601 commendum1630 society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > prebendary > of religio-military order commandery1534 commendatory1586 commendam1601 commendum1630 the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > seignory seigniory1338 lordshipa1375 feec1400 señoria1534 commanderya1641 commendatory1762 feud1806 society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of feudal lord seigniory1338 signoryc1515 district1611 lordship marcher1613 commot1628 commanderya1641 ligialty1651 distressa1658 seigneury1683 commendatory1762 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 127 The Knights of this order..became possessed of..beautiful monasteries and manye fayre Commendatories. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 533 The Stadtholder of the bailiwick of Thuringia and the Commandatory of Grifstadt. †5. = commendam n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > commendam commandery1536 commenda1598 commendo1598 commendum1598 commendam1607 commendatory1755 1755 R. Keith Catal. Sc. Bishops (1824) 36 His uncle, now become primate of St. Andrew's, resigned in his favour the commendatory of Arbroath. 1849 J. Grant Mem. Kirkaldy xxi. 245 His Commendatory of Coldingham [was given] to Home of Manderston. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1555
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