Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. In Commen’dam (Latin).

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In Cæna Dom’ini.

In Esse (Latin).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


In Commen’dam (Latin).

The holding of church preferment for a time, on the recommendation of the Crown, till a suitable person can be provided. Thus a clergyman who has been elevated to the bench retains for a time his “living” in commendam.	1

In Cæna Dom’ini.

In Esse (Latin).

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