Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-COMMENDAM
IN'COM-INGIN-COM-MEN-SUR-A-BIL'I-TY, or IN-COM-MEN'SUR-A-BLE-NESS
IN-COMMENDAM, adv. [In commendam; Law L.]
In England, to hold a vacant living in commendam, is to hold it by favor of the crown, till a proper pastor is provided. Blackstone.
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