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commendam

(kəˈmɛndæm)

1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the temporary holding of an ecclesiastical benefice

2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a benefice so held

[C16: from Medieval Latin phrase dare in commendam to give in trust, from commenda trust, back formation from Latin commendāre to entrust, commend]

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Los beneficios eclesiasticos podian darse in commendam, es decir, separando al titular del usuario o beneficiario.

Perspectiva canonica del trust

9282, 1 June 1514--Rossi is given in commendam the Augustinian priory of Argentre in the diocese of Le Mans), 587 (nr.

Raphael's Portrait Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi: a religious interpretation *

It was this which explained his translation from St Davids to Rochester (held in commendam with the deanery of Westminster) and from Rochester to St Asaph, where he was less able to indulge his taste for good living.

High Church Prophet: Bishop Samuel Horsley, 1733-1806, and the Caroline Tradition in the Later Georgian Church

In the instances of his responsibilities held in commendam, such as the Norman abbeys of Montebourg in the archdiocese of Coutances, Sr-Ouen in Rouen, or Mont-St-Michel on the coast, there is little or no evidence of his presence, but rather of actions in his name carried out by vicars general and suffragans.