IN COMMENDAM
\ɪn kˈɒməndəm], \ɪn kˈɒməndəm], \ɪ_n k_ˈɒ_m_ə_n_d_ə_m]\
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By Noah Webster.
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The state or condition of a church living, which is void or vacant, and it is commended to the care of some one. In, Louisiana, there is a species of partnership called a partnership in commendam. Vide Commendam.
By John Bouvier
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[L.L.] In Canon law, one to whom the custody, without profits, of a void benefice was for a time committed, held it for a trust; but by various devices the holding of a living thus became the means of enjoying pluralities, with their revenues. Sometimes bishoprics insufficiently endowed were thus assisted. Commendams abolished 6 and 7 William IV.
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See Commendam, In.
By Henry Percy Smith
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].