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<hw>Com*mend"a*tor</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL.]</ety> <def>One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary.</def>

<i>Chalmers.</i>

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<hw>Com*mend"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commendatorius</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising.</def> "<i>Commendatory</i> verses."

<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Holding a benefice <i>in commendam</i>; <as>as, a <ex>commendatory</ex> bishop</as>.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<cs><col>Commendatory prayer</col> <fld>(Book of Common Prayer)</fld>, <cd>a prayer read over the dying. "The <i>commendatory prayer<i> was said for him, and, as it ended, he [William III.] died."</cd></cs>

<i>Bp. Burnet.</i>

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<hw>Com*mend"a*to*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A commendation; eulogy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Commendatories</i> to our affection."

<i>Sharp.</i>

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<hw>Com*mend"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who commends or praises.</def>

<h1>Commensal</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*men"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>commensalis</ets>; L. <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>mensa</ets> table: cf. F. <ets>commensal</ets>. Cf. Mensal.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who eats at the same table.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association.</def>

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<hw>Com*men"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the character of a commensal.</def>

<h1>Commensalism</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*men"sal*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of eating together; table fellowship.</def>

<h1>Commensality</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com`men*sal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Promiscuous <i>commensality</i>."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

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<hw>Com`men*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Commensality.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Daniel . . . declined pagan <b>commensation</b>. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>