Meaning

2 senses
  1. Serving to commend or compliment; complimentary.

  2. Holding a benefice in commendam.

    a commendatory bishop

Origin

From commend + -atory.

From commend + -atory.

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Forms

more commendatory, most commendatory
Comparativemore commendatory Lesson
Superlativemost commendatory Lesson

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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