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...
- The Abbot of Kelso (later Commendator of Kelso) was the head of the Tironensian monastic community at Kelso Abbey in the Scottish Borders. The Abbey was...
- The Abbot of Balmerino (later Commendator of Balmerino) was the head of the Cistercian monastic community and lands of Balmerino Abbey, Fife, founded...
- 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...
- The Abbot of Holyrood (later Commendator of Holyrood) was the head of the Augustinian monastic community of Holyrood Abbey, now in Edinburgh. The long...
- The Abbot of Cambuskenneth or Abbot of Stirling (later Commendator of Cambuskenneth) was the head of the Arrouaisian (Augustinian) monastic community...
- The Abbot and then Commendator of Melrose was the head of the monastic community of Melrose Abbey, in Melrose in the Borders region of Scotland. The abbots...
- The Abbot of Tongland (later Commendator of Tongland) was the head of the Premonstratensian (originally Cistercian) monastic community of Tongland Abbey...
- unusual in medieval Scotland. The following is a list of abbots and commendators. Ed**** (Adam or Áedan), 1154 x 1161 William (?), 1172x1178 Michael,...