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.
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Com*mend"a*to*ry, n.
A commendation; eulogy.
[R.] "Commendatories to our affection."
Sharp.
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