• (n.) A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.
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Com·men'dam noun [ Late Latin dare in
commendam to give into trust.]
(Eng. Eccl. Law) A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held
in commendam . The practice was abolis...
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Commendam was the administrative or provisional management of a benefice during a vacancy. The person intrusted with the management was called commendator. The grant of ecclesiastical livings in this way gave rise to great abuses. In England the term was applied to a living retained by a bishop after he had ceased to be an incumbent. By 6 and 7 Wil...
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the tenure of a benefice to be held until the appointment of a regular incumbent, the benefice being said to be held in commendam. · a benefice so held.
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