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recommendatory

[ rek-uh-men-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˌrɛk əˈmɛn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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adjective

serving to recommend; recommending.

serving as or being a recommendation.

Origin of recommendatory

1605–15; < Medieval Latin recommendāt(us) (see recommendation) + -ory¹

Words nearby recommendatory

recombination, recombine, recommence, recommend, recommendation, recommendatory, recommended daily allowance, recommended dietary allowance, recommit, recompense, recompose

Example sentences from the Web for recommendatory

It was simply a recommendatory letter sent with Onesimus, returning voluntarily to Colosse and his master.

Is Slavery Sanctioned by the Bible? |Isaac Allen
For this reason, recommendatory or precatory words used in a bequest are frequently treated as an express direction.

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) |Various
Congress had powers which were only recommendatory, and its recommendations were ignored by the local legislatures.

John Marshall and the Constitution |Edward S. Corwin
Does he come under the recommendatory 'firman' of any dear friend or acquaintance?

The Daltons, Volume I (of II) |Charles James Lever

When Addison published "Cato" in 1713, Young had the honour of prefixing to it a recommendatory copy of verses.

Lives of the Poets: Gay, Thomson, Young, and Others |Samuel Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for recommendatory

recommendatory

/ (ˌrɛkəˈmɛndətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

intended to or serving to recommend