单词 | commendatary |
释义 | commendataryadj.n. A. adj. = commendatory adj. (sense 2). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [adjective] > commendatory commendatary1611 commendatory1790 society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [adjective] > commendatory > holding commendatary1611 commendatory1682 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Commendataire, commendatarie; giuen in, enioyed, or inioying by, Commendum. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Commendam The commendatary abbots have not any Authority over the Religious in Spiritualibus. B. n. a. Christian Church. A commendator. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > commendam > holding of > one who holds commendatary1539 commendator1561 commendatory1641 commendatarea1651 1539 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 155 Robert Kinge, abbat and commendatary of Osney. 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. v. 77 Commendataries were as it were Tutors and Curators of Monasteries. b. gen. One put in charge, a commissioner. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one to whom a commission is given commissary1395 commissioner1414 committee1472 commissionar1496 commissionary1555 commis1573 commissionaire1641 commissionee1647 commissaire1791 commendatary1852 commish1871 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xvi. 31 In those times of oppression and cruelty..the Commendataries (encomenderos) let out the Indians to travellers like beasts of burden. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.n.1539 |
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