commendatory

[ kuh-men-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

1. serving to commend; approving; praising.
2. holding a benefice in commendam.
3. held in commendam.

Other Words From

• noncom·menda·tory adjective
• subcom·menda·tory adjective
• uncom·menda·tory adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of commendatory¹

1545–55; < Late Latin commendātōrius, equivalent to commendā ( re ) to commend + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

A quick scroll through his timeline will mostly yield commendatory musings about various Amazon ventures or the executive’s space-exploration outfit, Blue Origin.

From Seattle Times

A quick scroll through his timeline will mostly yield commendatory musings about various Amazon ventures or the executive’s space exploration outfit, Blue Origin.

From Seattle Times

Most “commendatory” resolutions, in legislative-speak, are noncontroversial.

From Washington Times

Puffery is the zone of permissiveness carved out by the courts for exaggerated, even absurd, advertising claims “expressed in broad, vague, and commendatory language” that customers instinctively know to discount.

From Wall Street Journal

The existence of this right seems to have varied with different dioceses and its exaction with different bishops, if it is possible to judge from the absence of commendatory letters in some registers and their presence in others.

From Project Gutenberg