commendatory in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for commendatory in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary

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The book opens with several commendatory letters and prefaces.
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By 1762 the monastery, which had meanwhile fallen into the hands of commendatory abbots, comprised only two monks.
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It's also a competition of a rather gentle kind, generous with its certificates of merit and commendatory pats on the back.
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Clergy, however, could still be appointed as commendatory abbots, and the practice was used to provide an income to a professor, student, priest, or cardinal.
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After the eighth century various attempts were made by popes and councils to regulate the appointment of commendatory abbots.
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The abbey began to decline after this, especially from the early 16th century, when commendatory abbots acquired authority.
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These secular appointments often gave the position of commendatory abbot to unqualified people who mismanaged their monasteries.
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It fell however into the hands of commendatory abbots in 1536.
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From the 17th century it underwent a slow decline under a series of commendatory priors.
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In 1763 the abbey again fell under a commendatory abbot and building work stopped.
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