Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Commendatory \Com*mend"a*to*ry\, a. [L. commendatorius.]
   1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation;
      commending; praising. ``Commendatory verses.'' --Pope.

   2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory
      bishop. --Burke.

   {Commendatory prayer} (Book of Common Prayer), a prayer read
      over the dying. ``The commendatory prayer was said for
      him, and, as it ended, he [William III.] died.'' --Bp.
      Burnet.