Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. 2. (a.) Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop. 3. (n.) A commendation; eulogy.

Multi-Version Concordance Commendatory (1 Occurrence) 2 Corinthians 3:1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as some, commendatory letters to you, or commendatory from you? (DBY)