commend 
lie ll'urryl mud.- a vainglorious lK..itlniif hi Faithful- 
neM I- ii,;- Queen, i.nt n,.t H much as in a\v 
/ |,iin,elt to God, ' ' hronicles, p. .to4. 
of conli.l.-n,-.-, notice, regard, or kindness; r 
orameiid or a.-.-r.-.lit to favor, acceptance, or 
favorable attention; set forward for notice: 
sometimes used retlexively: as, this subjed 
,;,,iini,-HdK ilxi-lf to our careful attention. 
N,,,i,,u1,t Hi.'- I proportion "I "> thing doth gr.-atl\ 
i 
11BB . 
. 114. 
/ unto you I'h.-lie our sinter. li"">. "i ' 
[ the world we distinguish three 
3. To praise; mention with approbation. 
Whan th- kyiiu-c Arthur and the kynge Han hcrd.-n -I 
tiu proweaw iimt tin- M"-' 1 r."hors to&togou lit 
Vnd the l.M-,1 .-.........."''' the unjust j****?!- ^J^gj^g 
i r.'T 
Dispensations, exemption^ ' ""'?*, 
,,.,,,,,' w, /,,.. Ijilinl hil-tlaiiltv, kin. 1 
id l)eeu granted by tin- King to the I:, 
, mendam. und tie '' th'- right ,,f 
,n had brought an action against the BtHtop. 
/:. ,1. <\U*itt. llaeoii, l>. 24". 
commendatary (ko-men'dn-ta-rh. . [< ML. 
i-uiiiiiii iiiliilnnii.t, < eommenaa : *< </ ''"' I 
S:nil.- as I'niiiiiii minion/, - 
commendation (kom-en-da'shon), . 
,;,mi,i,;,d,i,;iii, = IV'. eommandaeaom it >>- 
m ,,iilii-,:,,ii,< L. NMMMiaMo(*-)< .'"'"'"''<<- 
iv- i>t> cuiii/inii/liiiiiH, commend: see commend, 
,- ' -iiid -<i (mil.] 1. The act of commending; 
praise; approbation; favorable representation 
in words ; declaration of esteem. 
N I n IK wme others, epistles ..I ''' '' 
yon'.' 
The. "'" '. '"' of adversaries U the greatert triumph 
of a writer, beeanse it never eomes unless extorted. 
Itrii'l' a. I'ref. t" Ahs. and A. 'hit. 
2. That which commends or recommends; a 
1 of esteem, approbation, or praise. 
commensurate 
> I. 
II. ; pi. i-iiiniiii in 1 "'!"'" 
inendatioii ; a eulogy. 
(lie) esteems hU associating with him u -iiltl' lent .-vi 
''"" >ry o "'V; ( ::,!"-.' 
2. One who holds a benefice in corumendam. 
See i-iiiiiini niliiin. Also mmmrndatary. 
commender (k.. in. n'.i. n. ,.. one who < 
mends or 
Kr..rd .-oniphilnilig. -I'" 1 
lit the time" past, when he wat a V"'"i: lad. 
,,f Horace i. Ait ..t 
commendmentt (ko-mend'ment), ii. [< rom- 
mriiil + -nil-lit.] Comineiidatioii. Ii. .Ionium. 
Commensal iko-m.-n 'sal), . and n. 
I'inniiii ii.tnl = F. OOMMMMai = Sp. cumrmal= 1 g. 
,,!,, ,.si,l = It. commewHiIt; < ML. 
< L. nun-, together, + metua, table.] I. a. 1. 
4 to^.-th.-r at the same table. 
".mr..imde.tme, and with the ,it,,,'..t , ...nplaUaiice 
i7 and bo< livintr with as a tenant or 
n as f parasite; iu q uiH,,,-. 
you. 
5. In I'cHiltil i-rrli-x. Inn: to place nnder the con- 
trol of a lord. See eoiiiiwndiition, 4. 
The privileued position of the .ibbey tenants [of DIs- 
s,.,,tHgrad.mll.v led the other men of the vallej -toton,- 
,afiut ihem-ehes to the abbey. *;/<. '''-. **" ~ 8 '- 
Commend me to (a thing specified), a familiar phrase 
expressive of approval or preference. 
CoiHMttul me to a mask of .lllliiew, and a pair of sharp 
eyes for my own Interest '''.derjt.^^ ^ RlyaU , , 
Omiwi.-i../ (" home-joy, the family board, 
Altar and hearth. , 
Brownimj, Ring and Book, II. .>. 
-Syn 2 and 3. To extol, laud, eulogize, applaud. 
n. intniHS. To express approval or praise. 
[Rare.] 
Nor can we much ramuietHl if he fell Into the more or- 
diuary track of endowing charities and toaMjMMU- 
commendt(ko-mend'),M. [<roromerf,r.] Com- 
mendation; compliment; remembrance; gre 
*' Tell her, I send to her my kind mmnwndi. 
s/Ktti ., men. 11. HI. i- 
Thanks, master jailer, and a kind cmnuuud. 
Mackin, Dumb Knight, v. 
Let Jack Toldervy have my kind Commfndt, with this 
( -avert, That the Pot which goes often to the Water, comes 
home cracked at last. Hmrttt, Utter., I. 1. 8. 
commendable (ko-men'da-bl), a. [= Sp. eo- 
meudable = It. commendaWe, < L. commendaln- 
lis < eoiumendare, commend: see commend ana 
-able.] Capable of beiugcommended, approved, 
or praised ; worthy of commendation or praise ; 
laudable. 
The cadence which falleth VIKIII the last sillable of a 
verse is sweetest and most comiiifiutaMe. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesle, p. M. 
Sure, sure, such carping Is not commendable. 
Sliak., Much Ado, In. 1. 
commendableness (ko-men'da-bl-nes), n. The 
state of being commendable. 
commendably (ko-men'da-bli), adv. In a com- 
mendable or praiseworthy manner. 
I know very many notable Gentlemen in the Court .that 
u, thus becoming the vassal and se- 
curinir the protection of the lord. It wa. typified 
iv nl leing thehands between those of the lord, and taking 
he oath of "ealty. U Is sometimes described as a surren- 
der of estate, and sometimes as not Involving this. 
By the practice of Comiwi*on . *>"!*L>J!j 
himself under the personal care of a lord, but without al- 
tering or divesting himself of his right to his estate. 
Mime, Early Hist, of Institutions, p. lo*. 
The beneficiary system bound the receiver of land to the 
king who gave it ; and the act of commendation placed 
n," freeman and his land under the protection of the 
lord to whom he adhered. S(W, Oonrt. Hist.. 65. 
6 In the medieval church in England, a ser- 
vice consisting of psalms, said in the church 
over a corpse while the priest was marking am 
blessing the grave before proceeding to the 
funeral mass and the burial-service proper. 
Also called .< commendation*, or p*J o/ rammerta- 
lion, and, more fully, the commendation of the *mf, or 
commendations o/ soul*. 
Whilst the choir was chanting a service called the Cow- 
mendatinn of Soldi, the priest, vested In his alb and stole, 
went into the churchward. ^^ ^ our ^^ m 
ninepence, a bent silver nlnepenny 
' - ' as a love-token. 
kin.ire.l 
le.v 
'of iiitferent kins did not eat and 
KnrtK Brit., XXI. 14. 
tirillli n.^< MI- . 
2 In :ofil. and hot., one of two animals or plants 
which live together, but neither at the expense 
of the other; an animal or a plant as a tenant, 
but not a true parasite, of another ; an imiuili 
Thus the small pea-crab (Pinnothere*), wh ch lives with 
a oyster In the same shell, but feeds Itoelf. as does the 
oyster is a commenMl; such also is the cancrinocial 
anemone, which lives on the shell of a crab, or on a n 
which a hermit-crab occuple.. (See cut under >"'""' i 
( 'ompare coiuortimn, pamrite.) In regard to plants, man) 
authorities hold that a lichen consist, of a fungus and an 
alga growing together, but possibly as parasite and host 
See Kchrn. 
U U obvious that an exhaustive knowledge of thep- 
cie, nature, and life history of the most formidable 
Like commentation ninepence, crooked 
With "To and from my love, it looked. 
S. Butler, Hudlbras, I. I. 48,. 
Commendation of the body, in the Book of Common 
Prayer, the form of committal of the liody at burial t< 
the ground or to the sea. =8yn. 1. Recommem 
commendator (kom'en-da-tor), M. [ML., one 
holding in commendam, L. a commeuder, < coti 
mendare, commend: see commend, v., and com- 
mendam.] One who holds a benefice in com- 
mendam. See commendiim. 
commendatory (ko-men'da-to-n), a. and . 
[= Sp. comcndatorio, < LL. commendatoriux, 
< L commendator : see commendator.] I. n. 
1 Serving to commend ; presenting to favor- 
able notice or reception; containing approval, 
praise, or recommendation : as, a commendatory 
fetter 2 Holding a benefice in commendam : 
as, a commendatory bishop. 3. Held in com- 
mendam. See commendam. 
and the great 
mm ,,,eMlot man is of primary importance. 
Kdinkuryh Ret., CLXIV. 85i. 
commensalism ( ko - men ' sal - izm), n. [< com- 
mensal + -igm.] Commensal existence or mode 
of living; the state of being commensal; com- 
mensality. Also called symbiosis. 
commens'ality (kom-en-sal'i-ti), . [<'''- 
mental + -ity ; = F- commensahte, etc.] 1. 
FeUowship at table ; the act or practice of eat- 
ing at the same table. 
Promtacuous m*fi^ ^^ ^ Kn , K 
2. In zool. and hot., the state or condition of 
being commensal; commensalism. 
commensationt (kom-en-sa'shon), n. K ] 
as if *commens<itio(n-), < L. ami-, together, * 
mensa table. See commensal.] The act of eat- 
ing at the same table. 
I'agan com mentation. Sir T. Bnnrnt, Misc. Tracts, p. 1 ' 
commensurability (ko-men'su-ra-bil'i-ti), w. 
r< commensurtiMe (see -bility): = F. commentu- 
rabilM, etc.] The state of being commensu- 
rable, or of having a common measure. 
commensurable (ko-men'su-ra-bl), a. [= 
commensurable = Sp. conmenxitrable = I'g. con 
mensurarel = It. commensurabile. < LL. com- 
menimraUlis, < comwenxurare, reduce to a com- 
mon measure : see commensurate, and cf . com 
measurable, iennurable.~\ 1. Having a cora- 
, ace. (in phrase 
_ .. t ..... i * *- 
mittere in corn- 
it commfndare, intrust: ~ 
,;>,in,i,< ad, i-.] An ecclesiastical benefice or liv- 
ing commended by the crown or head of the 
church to the care of a qualified person to hold 
till a proper pastor is provided : usually applied 
Burtte, Kev. in France. 
JOTB icners written by one bishop 
to another~,"behalf of y of the clergy or others of his 
diocese who are traveling, that they may be * eU - o 5* iv *j 
6 and 
uc u -o -~ J an incumbent, the benefice 
being said to be held in commendam, and its 
holder termed a commendator or commendatory. 
The practice gave rise to serious abuses ; under it livings 
were held by persons who performed none of the duties of 
J _r __j i, u i.. ...... ,..i.,. i t.'i-m- 
with the church, or receive 
from it, in a country not his own, 
letters of credence from his 1 
Their poems . . . could not be made . 
the voice or instruments in prose. 
//oMm, i 
3. Measurable. [Bare.] 
i/tor, Works (ed. 
nintntiirable to 
them vU^ramuwMfory (specifically so called* commit 
Son,, And dimiuory. Tne first were granted, onlj; to 
tlli'Ill V17 t'tnii ill' innit'n */ inifvvinjj " . 6ut'u*i <7VliU*Tpt;, i ' 
nicatory,'nA d<mii*>ry. The first were grante. only to ^ m ^ t 
Arsons of quality or to t l ^Jgff!j commenstirably (ko-men'su-ra-bli), adr. In a 
been called in ques ion, or 10 III |,^ , second were granted commensurable manner. 
t tra . v .t.' .'...^i? 1 miinion with the church, mmmfinsiirate (ko-men'su-rat), f. '. ; pret. ami 
lll>il|, ["..., ,'., n. .",.(. , t -w 1 A lu'W 
was prohibited by statute in the Church of England in IS. 
There was some sense for finniHendumt ; at first when 
there was a living void, and never a clerk to serve it. tli 
bishops were to keep it till they found a fit man ; but now 
{ 
whence they wereSso called patifical, rtdaiaitieal, and 
sometime, ranonical. The .third were given on y U> hc 
, ppr. eommfxmrating. [< LL. 
, ad j., pro]., pp. of Vwmli(- 
it is a trick for the mhopto 
Wgjtt^ ^ ^ 
IY>erHvi er or the visitation of the 
sick, to be lued for a person at the point of death, com- 
mendbig his soul to God. 
cf 
' mea8Ure . 
1. To reduce to a 
