Definition of COMMENDATOR. Meaning of COMMENDATOR. Synonyms of COMMENDATOR

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Definition of COMMENDATOR

Commendator
Commendator Com*mend"a*tor (? or ?), n. [LL.] One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. --Chalmers.

Meaning of COMMENDATOR from wikipedia

- In canon law, commenda (or in commendam) was a form of transferring an ecclesiastical benefice in trust to the custody of a patron. The phrase in commendam...
- James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso and Melrose (c. 1529–1557) was a member of the Scottish royal family. James Stewart was a son of James V of Scotland...
- John Stewart, Commendator of Coldingham (1531–1563) was a Scottish landowner. He was a son of Elizabeth Carmichael (1514–1550) and James V of Scotland...
- Scotland granted Melrose Abbey and its lands to his son, James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso and Melrose (died 1557). William Hamilton of Sanquhar ****isted...
- The Abbot of Arbroath or Abbot of Aberbrothok (and later Commendator) was the head of the Tironensian Benedictine monastic community of Arbroath Abbey...
- landis of Glenluse wes conqueist." In 1565, he seized Allan Stewart, the Commendator of Crossraguel, and imprisoned him at Dunure Castle, s****ing to obtain...
- The Abbot of Newbattle (later Commendator of Newbattle) was the head of the Cistercian monastic community of Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian. It was founded...
- The Prior of St Mary's Isle (later Commendator of St Mary's Isle) was the head of the Augustinian monastic community of St Mary's Isle Priory, in Kirkcudbrightshire...
- The Prior of May then Prior of Pittenweem (later Commendator of Pittenweem) was the religious superior of the Benedictine monks of Isle of May Priory...
- The Prior, then Abbot and then Commendator of Dunfermline was the head of the Benedictine monastic community of Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. The...