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com·menda·tory [kəˈmendətəri, Am -tɔ:ri] ADJ

commendatory remark:

commendatory

lobend attr

commendatory

anerkennend attr

commendatory gesture

Geste f der Anerkennung

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commendatory gesture

Geste f der Anerkennung

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The book opens with several commendatory letters and prefaces. en.wikipedia.org

From the 13th century onwards the monastery decayed badly; the final decline began in 1419, when it came under the jurisdiction of commendatory abbots. en.wikipedia.org

It fell however into the hands of commendatory abbots in 1536. en.wikipedia.org

In 1763 the abbey again fell under a commendatory abbot and building work stopped. en.wikipedia.org

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. en.wikipedia.org

The tickets were regarded as commendatory letters. en.wikipedia.org

By 1762 the monastery, which had meanwhile fallen into the hands of commendatory abbots, comprised only two monks. en.wikipedia.org

These secular appointments often gave the position of commendatory abbot to unqualified people who mismanaged their monasteries. en.wikipedia.org

In case of vacant monasteries the commendatory abbot generally has all the rights and privileges of an actual abbot. en.wikipedia.org

After the eighth century various attempts were made by popes and councils to regulate the appointment of commendatory abbots. en.wikipedia.org

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