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English-Thai Dictionary

commendatory

ADJ ที่ ยกย่อง praising laudatory ti-yok-yong

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMMENDATORY

a. 1. Which serves to commend; presenting to favorable notice or reception; containing praise; as a commendatory letter.
2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as a commendatory bishop.

COMMENDATORY

n.A commendation; eulogy.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMMENDATORY

Com *mend "a *to *ry, a. Etym: [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.

COMMENDATORY

COMMENDATORY Com *mend "a *to *ry, n.

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

New American Oxford Dictionary

commendatory

com mend a to ry |kəˈmendəˌtôrē kəˈmɛndətɔri | ▶adjective archaic serving to commend; recommending. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from late Latin commendatorius, from Latin commendare ‘commit to the care of ’ (see commend ).

Oxford Dictionary

commendatory

commendatory |kɒˈmɛndət (ə )ri | ▶adjective archaic serving to present something as suitable for approval or acceptance. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from late Latin commendatorius, from Latin commendare ‘commit to the care of ’ (see commend ).