recommendatoryadj.

Brit.

/ˌrɛkəˈmɛndət(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˌrɛkəˈmɛndəˌtɔri/

Forms: see recommend v.¹ and -atory suffix²; also 1600s recommenditary.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: recommend v.¹, -atory suffix².

Etymology: < recommend v.¹ + -atory suffix², after Anglo-Norman recommendatoire, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French recommandatoire (a1305 or earlier in Anglo-Norman in lettre recommendatoire ; compare recommendatory letter n. at Compounds), and commendatory adj. Compare post-classical Latin litera recommendatoria, recommendatoria (noun) letter of recommendation (1282, 1303 respectively in British sources), Italian raccomandatorio (a1348).In the form recommenditary probably after -itary in hereditary adj., military adj., etc.

1. That recommends; expressing or conveying recommendation, or a recommendation.Earliest in recommendatory letter n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > recommendation > [adjective]

advocatory1569

recommendatory1592

recommendative1611

recommendary1708

1592 H. Wotton Let. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 284 He hath recommendatory letters from the Lord Treasurer unto the Great Duke.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Recommandatoire, commendatorie, recommendatorie.

1664 Bp. J. Taylor Disswasive from Popery i. iii. 23 The Council of Trent..slubber'd the whole matter both in the question of Indulgences and Purgatory in general and recommendatory terms.

1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 28 July (O.H.S.) I. 18 There are several Recommendatory Verses before it.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 458. ¶3 How many Men..give Recommendatory Characters of Men whom they are not acquainted with?

1796 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XIII. 269 Let me pray you therefore to introduce a section in..the address..recommendatory of the measure.

1846 Ladies' Repository Feb. 49/1 It is not my purpose..to attempt to furnish you, fair reader, a general index prohibitory or recommendatory.

1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 290 At which confession the chaplain..puts him down in the front rank for his next recommendatory report to the visiting magistrates.

1913 Times 10 Jan. 2 The defendant was a notary public of the City of London, and so was entitled..to give recommendatory declarations [on passport applications].

1991 Woodworker (BNC) Aug. 756 I do feel it was a mistake to include Bill Wiseman's fascinating but appallingly dangerous hold-down device, and to then endorse it in a recommendatory way.

2. Of a resolution, appointment, etc.: in the form of a recommendation; without binding force.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [adjective]

counselful1548

admonishinga1569

counselling1629

consiliary1642

advisive1648

councillary1651

consiliative1656

recommendatory1690

advisory1751

mentorial1802

1647 M. Hudson Divine Right of Govt. 67 Shewing this blessing of Monarchie to derive its Originall from God the Efficient cause thereof, and that the Holy Ghost hath also honoured the same with many recommendatory sanctions.]

1690 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 329 This following Recommenditary order was ordered by y^e board.

1798 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases U.S. & Pennsylvania 2 169 If the resolve of Congress had been absolute and imperative, instead of being barely recommendatory.

1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxix. 538 The resolution of the synod (noway binding upon the Athenian people, but merely recommendatory).

1892 Times 4 Nov. 7/6 The power of the President of the Local Government Board was a recommendatory one, and he would do nothing which would infringe upon the responsibilities and powers of the local authorities.

1923 Amer. Econ. Rev. 13 122 Division is made between rules that are mandatory upon carriers and those phases that are recommendatory.

1992 P. W. Birnie & A. E. Boyle Internat. Law & Environment ii. ii. 39 The simple majorities required for resolutions that..are purely recommendatory and non-binding.

†3. Of a person: that has been recommended for appointment to a specified position. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 250 The lord mayor..drunk to sir Wm. Ashurst, as a recommendatory sherif for the ensuing year, if approv'd by the common hall.

1877 Times 1 Aug. 5/4 Only ten recommendatory candidates remain unsettled.

4. Of a quality, feature, etc.: that recommends its possessor. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] > making acceptable

recommending1611

recommendatory1709

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 50. ⁋1 To none of these Recommendatory Advantages was his Title so undoubted as that of his Beauty.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xlv. 279 The only recommendatory Point in Mr. H. is, that he dresses exceedingly smart.

1786 M. A. Meilan tr. A. Berquin Children's Friend XVII. 71 Who would think, that with so many recommendatory qualities,..any little girl could possibly be so unfortunate, that none..could bear her!

1818 J. Hobhouse in Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV Notes 231 The gentlemanly spirit, so recommendatory either in an author or his productions.

1868 Morning Star 2 June Park horses, ladies' horses, and ponies were trotted out to display their respective recommendatory points.

1911 Manitoba Morning Free Press 21 Oct. (Mag.) 1/6 It was brought down to four [choices]... Each had some individual recommendatory features, and each had drawbacks.

Compounds

recommendatory letter n. (also letter recommendatory) = letter of recommendation at recommendation n. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letter of recommendation

letter of recommendation1457

recommendatory letter1592

recommendation1676

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > recommendation > [noun] > letter of recommendation

letter of recommendation1457

testimonial1571

recommendatory letter1592

recommendation1676

testimonium1692

testamur1840

1592Recommendatory letter [see sense 1].

1618 Declar. Demeanor Sir W. Raleigh 59 His Letters recommendatory for his safe conduct and reception.

1658 H. Oldenburg Let. 5 June in Corr. (1965) I. 160 We shall rejoyce to receave those recommendatory letters, you mention, to some Grandees here.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 14 My first care was to carry his recommendatory letter to his uncle.

1812 I. D'Israeli Calam. Auth. I. 160 He..came to the metropolis with thirty recommendatory letters.

1885 Manch. Examiner 5 Nov. 5/3 Mr. Spencely has the advantage of a letter recommendatory from Mr. Chamberlain.

1939 Times 23 Sept. 9/5 At the request of the Dean, Mr. Dashwood read the letters patent and the King's letter recommendatory, the latter being under the King's own hand.

2002 Sunday Times (Nexis) 26 May (Features section) Returning by sea to Spain with recommendatory letters that he hoped would reinstate him at court, he [sc. Cervantes] was kidnapped by pirates.

† recommendatory prayer n. Obsolete a prayer in which a person (or his or her soul) is recommended to God, the saints, etc.; spec. = commendatory prayer n. at commendatory adj. 1c. Cf. recommend v.¹ 2c.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > for the dying

commendatory prayer1661

recommendatory prayer1694

commendation1885

1694 in W. Sancroft Occas. Serm. p. xxiv Having placed Himself in a posture of Dying, and Ordering the Recommendatory Prayer..to be read to him: He immediately Resigned his Spirit to Almighty God.

1718 Free-thinker No. 6. 2 He has left us the best Recommendatory Prayer in the Hour of Death.

1756 W. Holyoke Let. 29 Mar. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 416 The night before she died I read the Recommendatory Prayer to her.

1826 Edinb. Advertiser 3 Nov. 696/3 The waterman being unable to find the body, the mother was advised to stick a candle in a wooden bowl, and set it afloat, with a recommendatory prayer to St. Nicholas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	recommendatory
释义	recommendatoryadj. Brit. /ˌrɛkəˈmɛndət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌrɛkəˈmɛndəˌtɔri/ Forms: see recommend v.¹ and -atory suffix²; also 1600s recommenditary. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: recommend v.¹, -atory suffix². Etymology: < recommend v.¹ + -atory suffix², after Anglo-Norman recommendatoire, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French recommandatoire (a1305 or earlier in Anglo-Norman in lettre recommendatoire ; compare recommendatory letter n. at Compounds), and commendatory adj. Compare post-classical Latin litera recommendatoria, recommendatoria (noun) letter of recommendation (1282, 1303 respectively in British sources), Italian raccomandatorio (a1348).In the form recommenditary probably after -itary in hereditary adj., military adj., etc. 1. That recommends; expressing or conveying recommendation, or a recommendation.Earliest in recommendatory letter n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > recommendation > [adjective] advocatory1569 recommendatory1592 recommendative1611 recommendary1708 1592 H. Wotton Let. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 284 He hath recommendatory letters from the Lord Treasurer unto the Great Duke. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Recommandatoire, commendatorie, recommendatorie. 1664 Bp. J. Taylor Disswasive from Popery i. iii. 23 The Council of Trent..slubber'd the whole matter both in the question of Indulgences and Purgatory in general and recommendatory terms. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 28 July (O.H.S.) I. 18 There are several Recommendatory Verses before it. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 458. ¶3 How many Men..give Recommendatory Characters of Men whom they are not acquainted with? 1796 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XIII. 269 Let me pray you therefore to introduce a section in..the address..recommendatory of the measure. 1846 Ladies' Repository Feb. 49/1 It is not my purpose..to attempt to furnish you, fair reader, a general index prohibitory or recommendatory. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 290 At which confession the chaplain..puts him down in the front rank for his next recommendatory report to the visiting magistrates. 1913 Times 10 Jan. 2 The defendant was a notary public of the City of London, and so was entitled..to give recommendatory declarations [on passport applications]. 1991 Woodworker (BNC) Aug. 756 I do feel it was a mistake to include Bill Wiseman's fascinating but appallingly dangerous hold-down device, and to then endorse it in a recommendatory way. 2. Of a resolution, appointment, etc.: in the form of a recommendation; without binding force. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [adjective] counselful1548 admonishinga1569 counselling1629 consiliary1642 advisive1648 councillary1651 consiliative1656 recommendatory1690 advisory1751 mentorial1802 1647 M. Hudson Divine Right of Govt. 67 Shewing this blessing of Monarchie to derive its Originall from God the Efficient cause thereof, and that the Holy Ghost hath also honoured the same with many recommendatory sanctions.] 1690 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 329 This following Recommenditary order was ordered by y^e board. 1798 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases U.S. & Pennsylvania 2 169 If the resolve of Congress had been absolute and imperative, instead of being barely recommendatory. 1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxix. 538 The resolution of the synod (noway binding upon the Athenian people, but merely recommendatory). 1892 Times 4 Nov. 7/6 The power of the President of the Local Government Board was a recommendatory one, and he would do nothing which would infringe upon the responsibilities and powers of the local authorities. 1923 Amer. Econ. Rev. 13 122 Division is made between rules that are mandatory upon carriers and those phases that are recommendatory. 1992 P. W. Birnie & A. E. Boyle Internat. Law & Environment ii. ii. 39 The simple majorities required for resolutions that..are purely recommendatory and non-binding. †3. Of a person: that has been recommended for appointment to a specified position. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 250 The lord mayor..drunk to sir Wm. Ashurst, as a recommendatory sherif for the ensuing year, if approv'd by the common hall. 1877 Times 1 Aug. 5/4 Only ten recommendatory candidates remain unsettled. 4. Of a quality, feature, etc.: that recommends its possessor. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] > making acceptable recommending1611 recommendatory1709 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 50. ⁋1 To none of these Recommendatory Advantages was his Title so undoubted as that of his Beauty. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xlv. 279 The only recommendatory Point in Mr. H. is, that he dresses exceedingly smart. 1786 M. A. Meilan tr. A. Berquin Children's Friend XVII. 71 Who would think, that with so many recommendatory qualities,..any little girl could possibly be so unfortunate, that none..could bear her! 1818 J. Hobhouse in Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV Notes 231 The gentlemanly spirit, so recommendatory either in an author or his productions. 1868 Morning Star 2 June Park horses, ladies' horses, and ponies were trotted out to display their respective recommendatory points. 1911 Manitoba Morning Free Press 21 Oct. (Mag.) 1/6 It was brought down to four [choices]... Each had some individual recommendatory features, and each had drawbacks. Compounds recommendatory letter n. (also letter recommendatory) = letter of recommendation at recommendation n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letter of recommendation letter of recommendation1457 recommendatory letter1592 recommendation1676 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > recommendation > [noun] > letter of recommendation letter of recommendation1457 testimonial1571 recommendatory letter1592 recommendation1676 testimonium1692 testamur1840 1592Recommendatory letter [see sense 1]. 1618 Declar. Demeanor Sir W. Raleigh 59 His Letters recommendatory for his safe conduct and reception. 1658 H. Oldenburg Let. 5 June in Corr. (1965) I. 160 We shall rejoyce to receave those recommendatory letters, you mention, to some Grandees here. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 14 My first care was to carry his recommendatory letter to his uncle. 1812 I. D'Israeli Calam. Auth. I. 160 He..came to the metropolis with thirty recommendatory letters. 1885 Manch. Examiner 5 Nov. 5/3 Mr. Spencely has the advantage of a letter recommendatory from Mr. Chamberlain. 1939 Times 23 Sept. 9/5 At the request of the Dean, Mr. Dashwood read the letters patent and the King's letter recommendatory, the latter being under the King's own hand. 2002 Sunday Times (Nexis) 26 May (Features section) Returning by sea to Spain with recommendatory letters that he hoped would reinstate him at court, he [sc. Cervantes] was kidnapped by pirates. † recommendatory prayer n. Obsolete a prayer in which a person (or his or her soul) is recommended to God, the saints, etc.; spec. = commendatory prayer n. at commendatory adj. 1c. Cf. recommend v.¹ 2c. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > for the dying commendatory prayer1661 recommendatory prayer1694 commendation1885 1694 in W. Sancroft Occas. Serm. p. xxiv Having placed Himself in a posture of Dying, and Ordering the Recommendatory Prayer..to be read to him: He immediately Resigned his Spirit to Almighty God. 1718 Free-thinker No. 6. 2 He has left us the best Recommendatory Prayer in the Hour of Death. 1756 W. Holyoke Let. 29 Mar. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 416 The night before she died I read the Recommendatory Prayer to her. 1826 Edinb. Advertiser 3 Nov. 696/3 The waterman being unable to find the body, the mother was advised to stick a candle in a wooden bowl, and set it afloat, with a recommendatory prayer to St. Nicholas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1592
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