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 Com·mend·a·to·ry a.
 1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. “Commendatory verses.”
 2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop.
 Commendatory prayer Book of Common Prayer, a prayer read over the dying. “The commendatory prayer was said for him, and, as it ended, he [William III.] died.”