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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 765 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COMMENDATION (from the Lat. commendare, to entrust to the charge of, or to procure a favour for)

COMMENDATION (from the See also:
LAT
Lat. commendare, to entrust to the See also:
CHARGE
CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")
charge of, or to procure a favour for) , approval, especially when expressed to one See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person on behalf of another, a recommendation. The word is used in a liturgical sense for an See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office commending the souls of the dying and dead to the mercies of See also:

God. In feudal See also:

law the See also:

TERM

term is applied to the practice of a See also:

freeman placing himself under the See also:

PROTECTION

protection of a See also:

lord (see See also:

FEUDALISM), and in ecclesiastical law to the granting of benefices in commendam. A See also:

BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

benefice was held in commendam when granted either temporarily until a vacancy was filled up, or to a layman, or, in See also:

case of a monastery or See also:

abbey, to a See also:

SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular cleric to enjoy the revenues and privileges for See also:

LIFE

life (see ABBO:), or to a See also:

bishop to hold together with his see. An See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of 1836 prohibited the holding of benefices in commendam in See also:

England.

End of Article: COMMENDATION (from the Lat. commendare, to entrust to the charge of, or to procure a favour for)

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