Commendam Definition

Commendam Sentence Examples

• He was consecrated bishop of Norwich in 1792, and two years later received the appointment of dean of Windsor in commendam.

• A trial was held before Coke in which one of the counsel denied the validity of a grant made by the king to the bishop of Lichfield of a benefice to be held in commendam.

• The general question involved in a special instance was whether or not the king's prerogative included the right of granting at pleasure livings in commendam, i.e.

• Appointed by Odo ruler of several counties, including the county of Paris, and abbot in commendam of many abbeys, Robert also secured the office of duke of the Franks, a military dignity of high importance.

• In feudal law the term is applied to the practice of a freeman placing himself under the protection of a lord (see Feudalism), and in ecclesiastical law to the granting of benefices in commendam.