Part 2146

<blockquote>I <b>commend</b> unto you Phebe our sister. <i>Rom. xvi. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To mention with approbation; to praise; <as>as, to <ex>commend</ex> a person or an act</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Historians <b>commend</b> Alexander for weeping when he read the actions of Achilles. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Commend</b> me to my brother. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Commend</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mend"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Commendation; praise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Speak in his just <b>commend</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Compliments; greetings.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Hearty <b>commends</b> and much endeared love to you. <i>Howell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Commendable</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mend"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <note>(Formerly accented on the first syllable.)</note> <ety>[L. <ets>commendabilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.</def>

<blockquote>Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but <b>commendable</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Com*mend"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Com*mend"a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Commendam</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*men"dam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. dare in <ets>commendam</ets> to give into trust.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Eccl. Law)</fld> <def>A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held <i>in commendam</i>. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.</def>

<blockquote>There was [formerly] some sense for <b>commendams</b>. <i>Selden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Partnership in commendam</col>. <cd>See under <er>Partnership</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Commendatary</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mend"a*ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>commendataire</ets>, LL. <ets>commendatarius</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who holds a living <i>in commendam</i>.</def>

<h1>Commendation</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com`men*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commendatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.</def>

<blockquote>Need we . . . epistles of <b>commendatiom</b>? <i>2 Cor. iii. 1.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>By the <b>commendation</b> of the great officers. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is the ground of approbation or praise.</def>

<blockquote>Good nature is the most godlike <b>commendation</b> of a man. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Hark you, Margaret; No princely <b>commendations</b> to my king? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>