| 单词 | in commendam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin commendam a. In the phrase in commendam: used of the tenure of a benefice ‘commended’ or given in charge to a qualified clerk or layman, to hold until a proper incumbent was provided for it, or according to a practice of later development, bestowed upon a layman or secular ecclesiastic, with enjoyment of the revenues for life; esp. used of a benefice, which a bishop or other dignitary was permitted to hold along with his own preferment. (Abolished in England by statute in 1836.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [adverb] > in commendam commend1488 in commendam1658 1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified ix. 190 A grant to the..Bishop of St. Davids, to hold in Commendam with the said Bishoprick the Rectory of Carewe. 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 120 He held this living in commendam with his bishoprick till his death in 1746. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 456 A beneficed clergyman when promoted to a bishopric vacates his benefice by the promotion, unless the King, by special dispensation, gives him power to retain his benefice, and when this is done, he is said to hold it ‘in commendam’. 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 198 In process of time the Roman See claimed the right of allowing a bishop, or other dignitary, to hold other benefices in commendam with his own preferment. < as lemmas |
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