Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as commendatory, 2.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who holds a living in commendam.

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  • noun One who holds a living in commendam.

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Compare French commendataire, Latin commendatarius.

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