单词 | commendam |
释义 | commendamn. 1. a. In the phrase in commendam: used of the tenure of a benefice ‘commended’ or given in charge to a qualified clerk or layman, to hold until a proper incumbent was provided for it, or according to a practice of later development, bestowed upon a layman or secular ecclesiastic, with enjoyment of the revenues for life; esp. used of a benefice, which a bishop or other dignitary was permitted to hold along with his own preferment. (Abolished in England by statute in 1836.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [adverb] > in commendam commend1488 in commendam1658 1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified ix. 190 A grant to the..Bishop of St. Davids, to hold in Commendam with the said Bishoprick the Rectory of Carewe. 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 120 He held this living in commendam with his bishoprick till his death in 1746. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 456 A beneficed clergyman when promoted to a bishopric vacates his benefice by the promotion, unless the King, by special dispensation, gives him power to retain his benefice, and when this is done, he is said to hold it ‘in commendam’. 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 198 In process of time the Roman See claimed the right of allowing a bishop, or other dignitary, to hold other benefices in commendam with his own preferment. b. transferred. ΚΠ 1680 Sir C. Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 236 My Ld Carlisle does pretend to goe back to Jamaica..may be he has to keepe it in commendam and to goe by his deputy. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. vi. 140 He might have held the office of confessor to the jail in commendam with that of executioner. 2. a. As English n. (with plural) The custody of an ecclesiastical benefice in the absence of a regular incumbent; the tenure or enjoyment of the revenues of a benefice held as above. (Latin commenda.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > commendam > holding of commendam1570 commendatorship1861 commendation1883 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 4/1 Their sleightes to get mony..Sixtly, for commendams. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 242 The commendams [1630 commendums] of vacant reuenues..and the denomination of benefices doth yeild yearly to his maiestie a great quantitie of money. 1625 Petit. Relig. in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 183 That Nonresidencie, Pluralities, and Commendams may be moderated. 1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 120 Dispensations called in England Commendams. 1836–7 Act 6 & 7 Will. IV c. 77 §18 Every commendam in future granted..whether temporary or perpetual, shall be absolutely void to all intents and purposes. b. The benefice or office so held. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > commendam commandery1536 commenda1598 commendo1598 commendum1598 commendam1607 commendatory1755 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Q3v/2 Commendam..is a benefice, that being voide, is commended to the charge & care of some sufficient clerk, to be supplied, vntill it be conveniently provided of a pastor. 1779 Gentleman's Mag. 49 236 Bishop Green (having no commendam) had a very inadequate income. 1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 502 The office [abbot] became a commendam in the House of Guise. 3. = commandery n. 2 (medieval Latin commenda). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land owned by institution, corporation, or class > specifically by an order of knights commandery1534 commendatory1586 Templary1592 commendam1601 commendum1630 society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > prebendary > of religio-military order commandery1534 commendatory1586 commendam1601 commendum1630 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 52 His Commendams of the orders of Montegia, Calatrauia, Alcantara, and S. Iames. 1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. xxvi. 158 The place belonged to a Commendam of S. James. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1570 |
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