commendam / kəˈmɛn dæm /

🎓大学词汇褒义词表扬

commendam 的定义

n. 名词 noun

Ecclesiastical.

  1. the tenure of a benefice to be held until the appointment of a regular incumbent, the benefice being said to be held in commendam.
  2. a benefice so held.

更多commendam例句

  1. He was consecrated bishop of Norwich in 1792, and two years later received the appointment of dean of Windsor in commendam.
  2. To supplement this paltry revenue the bishops often held other appointments in commendam.
  3. In 1566 he was raised to the bishopric of Bangor; and he held the living of Whitney, in Oxfordshire, in commendam.
  4. This great cardinal was invested with the temporalities on December 7th, 1521, and held the Abbey "in commendam."
  5. He held "in commendam" the abbey of St. Albans, and many other church preferments.