In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
COMMENDATORY
Etymology
Adjective
commendatory (comparative more commendatory, superlative most commendatory)
Serving to commend or compliment; complimentary.
Holding a benefice in commendam.
Noun
commendatory (plural commendatories)
(obsolete) That which commends; a commendation; eulogy.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*mend"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [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.
Com*mend"a*to*ry, n.
Definition: A commendation; eulogy. [R.] "Commendatories to our affection." Sharp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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