COMMENDATORY

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. "Commendatory verses." Pope.

2.
a.

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.

3.
n.

A commendation; eulogy. [R.] "Commendatories to our affection." Sharp.

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