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noun

Commendation n.

The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. "Need we... epistles of commendation?" "By the commendation of the great officers."

That which is the ground of approbation or praise. "Good nature is the most godlike commendation of a man."

pl. A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. (Obs.) "Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king?"

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"Commendation" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the people in this district generally, is such as to entitle them to the highest commendation. Well knowing the inconvenience to which their masters' customers would be otherwise reduced from a want of food for their horses and cattle, they voluntarily went out to work on the second day, and in some instances on the following, ...

— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society

... necessity of a new system of anatomical instruction, divested of the omissions of ignorance and the misrepresentations of prejudice and fancy. The early age at which he effected this object has been to his biographers the theme of boundless commendation; and we are told that he began at the age of twenty-five to arrange the materials he had collected, and accomplished his task ere he had completed his ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... local bank for the amount. It was too late then to cash my check, as the bank had been for some hours closed. But I resolved to take it to the bank the first thing on Monday morning to get the money; and I left Mr. Horace Blondelle's apartments with a secret feeling of commendation for his prudence in putting his ready money in the local bank, instead of keeping it about him in a crowded hotel like this. For, you know, sir, that the recent daring robbery at the Monroe House has proved to us that even the office ...

— Cruel As The Grave • Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth

... as Mrs. Dr. Mahony, Polly was able to introduce her sister to a society worthy of Zara's gifts; and Zara enjoyed herself so well that, had her berth not been booked, she might have contemplated extending her visit. She overflowed with gracious commendation. The house—though, of course, compared with John's splendour, a trifle plain and poky—was a decided advance on the store; Polly herself much improved: "You DO look robust, my dear!" And—though Zara held her peace about this—the fact of Mahony's being from home each day, for hours at a ...

— Australia Felix • Henry Handel Richardson

... much to say, that had the Church of England produced no other fruit in the present century, this work alone would be amply sufficient to acquit her of the charge of barrenness.... The reputation of Mr. Robertson's Sermons is now so wide-spread, that any commendation of ours may seem superfluous. We will therefore simply, in conclusion, recommend such of our readers as have not yet made their acquaintance, to read them carefully and thoughtfully, and they will find in them more deeply suggestive matter than in ...

— Sermons Preached at Brighton - Third Series • Frederick W. Robertson

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